14th March 2016
River Thames was labelled for its prominent role in 2012 London Olympics
Who can forget the iconic footballer David Beckham zooming up the River Thames in a speedboat carrying the Olympic torch? This would not have been possible during the 1850s when the river used to stink primarily due to human contamination. A letter written by the eminent scientist Michael Faraday regarding his travel by boat along the river, to the editor of The Times, bears testimony to this fact. An excerpt from the letter regarding the opacity of the otherwise supposed to be transparent water is as under:
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