Baffin's Bay red snow fungus Saint Anne View of the Fish Pond

View of the Fish Pond Houses

he discovered that a flame enclosed inside the fine mesh does not ignite firedamp (methane and other flammable gases) thus preventing explosions

Punch reports many bookmakers were moved off and some were imprisoned

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Baffin's Bay red snow fungus Saint Anne View of the Fish PondPlate 17 from the paper 'Some experiments on the fungi which constitute the colouring matter of the red snow discovered in Baffin's Bay', by Francis Bauer, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 110 (1820), pp. 165 173. Five figures showing Bauer's attempts to grow algae in glass jars from specimens returned to England by Captain John Ross's expedition. Signed lower left 'Franz Bauer del.'. Original: watercolour on paper. 1820