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In the 'Times/ March 31st, 1884, appeared the follow- 

 ing article : 



Biological station, some may be inclined to think, ia 

 simply Aquarium " writ large. ^' The two certainly do 

 coincide to some extent ; a biological station as a rule 

 implies an aquarium, but it includes a great deal more. 

 In the early days of public aquaria, some twenty-five years 

 ago, and down indeed to more recent times, attempts were 

 made to utilise these institations for scientific purposes, 

 and biologists hoped that great results would follow from 

 their establishment. It was in 1860 that the late Mr. 

 Lloyd designed an aquarium for Paris^ and two years later 

 a similar one for Hamburg. Others soon followed, both in 

 this country and on the Continent, nearly all of them con- 

 structed on the method devised by Mr. Lloyd, and several 

 of them under his direct superintendence. Probably the 

 earliest on a large scale in this country was the well-known 

 establishment at the Crystal Palace, to the management of 

 which Mr. Lloyd succeeded on the death of Mr. J. K. 

 Lord. Others soon followed at Brighton, Manchester, 

 Southport, Westminster, Yarmouth, Edinburgh, Rothesay, 

 and many other towns in this country ; not to mention 

 Vienna, Dresden, Frankfort, New York, San Francisco, 

 Melbourne, and other places abroad, with the planning of 

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