Beneficial Features Of Acrylic Fish Tanks | Australian Business Network - 0 views
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Jessica Wilton on 16 Jun 16Earlier, glass was the standard material used for constructing fish tanks. From contrary to popular belief, it was a mistress of King Louis XV named Madame Du Barry who created the fishbowl in the middle of the 18th century. However, the credit of designing the modern rectangular glass aquarium goes to Robert Warrington, who made his invention available commercially in 1805. They continued to be popular for a major part of the 20th century until acrylic tanks were introduced during the early 1970s.