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MARC recordOn the capture of whales with the aid of poison / Dr Christison.
| Title: | On the capture of whales with the aid of poison / Dr Christison. |
| Author(s): | Christison, |
| Date: | 1862. |
| Abstract: | MS copy of account of plan "proposed and tried many years ago for poisoning whales by introducing hydrocyanic acid into their bodies when struck by the harpoon". Ship sent out in 1832 was nipped in ice, but in 1834 device was tried and reported later to have been successful. |
| Notes: | Offprint: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Vol. 4 :270-271. |
| Keywords: | 639.245.1 -- Whaling industry. V -- History. (*60) -- Arctic Ocean and adjacent waters. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SPC: 639.245.1 [Bound in: Pamphlets: Whaling, Vol.4] |
| SPRI record no.: | 3500 |
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