Now, gas making produced a lot of tar, and as you'll recallnobody wanted that forship's...
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Now, gas making produced a lot of tar, and as you'll recall
nobody wanted that for
ship's bottoms anymore, because they'd switched
to copper bottoming. So, in London,
they conveniently got rid
of the muck, by nipping out at night and
pouring it into the Thames. and since there was
a lot of ammonia in among the coal tar,
and ammonia stink, the Thames were suddenly
short on fish, and long on pole
nobody wanted that for
ship's bottoms anymore, because they'd switched
to copper bottoming. So, in London,
they conveniently got rid
of the muck, by nipping out at night and
pouring it into the Thames. and since there was
a lot of ammonia in among the coal tar,
and ammonia stink, the Thames were suddenly
short on fish, and long on pole
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Now, gas making produced a lot of tar,
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and as you'll recall
nobody wanted that for
ship's bottoms anymore,
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because they'd switched
to copper bottoming.
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So, in London,
they conveniently got rid
of the muck,
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by nipping out at night and
pouring it into the Thames.
00:00:18.569 --> 00:00:20.612
and since there was
a lot of ammonia
00:00:20.612 --> 00:00:23.223
in among the coal tar,
and ammonia stink,
00:00:23.223 --> 00:00:25.377
the Thames were suddenly
short on fish,
00:00:25.377 --> 00:00:27.128
and long on pole.
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Movie Summary
Follow James Burke through the history of science and technology in this collection of 10 1-hour episodes, starting with "The Trigger Effect."
