How This Victorian Invention Helped Introduce Tea to India 🫖 Age of Humans: Earth | Smithsonian

The Wardian Case was an 1829 invention capable of keeping plants fresh for weeks without needing to be watered. It would later enable the British to transport tea seedlings from China to India.
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Who thought that a breadbox for plants would change the world 🤣🤣💞

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But couldn't the British just transport the seeds? Also this is the first time I'm hearing about plants can't be transported over salt water.

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An invention that breaks the geographical barrier, in fact ten years previously a fellow botanist called A.A Maconochie from Scotland had created a similar invention but he had failed to publish his findings.

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How solving an immediate problem results in unintended consequences. This is the kind of presentation that James Burke used to do.

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With the current ecological situation greenhouses to grow tropical plant’s in seasonal climates would cut shipping, production & chemical pollutants, by supplying locally grown goods 😊💚🍀👍

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Where is the complete documentary? Sometimes I really don't like short clips. Annoying.

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Gum trees shipped from South America to Asia? How did they get to South America from Australia first? Really Smithsonian?

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"How This Victorian Invention Helped Enforce Colonialism Around The World". There. Fixed it for you.

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🌎👍❤.

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I saw that

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So you have good 👀. 🙏.

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Tea is not Chinese invention nor British,our ancient vedas has descriptions about it,even modern day aeroplanes were inspired from ramayana, wright brothers stole our knowledge,

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😂😂😂😂