The Sewers of London (Territorial quote 1)

A small reminder from Michel Serres about the role of smell for territorial production:

"Since the invention of the flush toilet and the sewage system at the end of the nineteenth century in London, it has indeed become difficult and quite unusual to mark our nest with urine."

Serres, M. Malfeasance, Appropriation through Pollution?, 2011, p. 63.

London guide book, 1839

Some interesting facts about how many squares, libraries, gallons of milk, swine, etc. that can be found in London. From the somewhat peculiar guide book Description of London, printed in Gothenburg in 1839 (with text in English, French, German, and Swedish).