The agent was waterborne, he believed, and its spread was the fault of the grim sanitation that Londoners then endured.
After four days of lavish closed-doors celebrations, frantic waterborne paparazzi chases and seemingly endless global media speculation, it took less than a quarter of an hour to wrap up the grand spectacle that was Hollywood on the Grand Canal.
In fact, it had already peaked and it took several more years before authorities fully accepted the case that cholera was waterborne.
As Dr Ristroph and Dr Childress note in their paper, this is not the first time flight engineers have used an aquatic, rather than an aerial model, for only waterborne creatures (squid, for example) use jet propulsion.
Three, the longer it takes to stabilise, the more lasting damage wind- and waterborne radiation may do to the livelihoods of the farmers and fishermen who are the economic lifeblood of the community.
Waterborne traffic between Yunnan and Thailand is expected to resume soon, with armed Chinese guards.To some neighbours, armed Chinese patrols taking on river pirates and insurgents (much of the drug business is linked to border insurgencies in Myanmar) conjures up images of gunboat diplomacy.
American waterborne LPG exports have overtaken those of many big Arab producers and the country will surpass Qatar to become the world's largest by 2020, says IHS, a consulting firm.Many factors have fuelled the boom.
On Hainan island in southern China I've stayed with whole waterborne communities of Cantonese-speaking Tanka boat people who are born, live and die on their fishing boats.
One of the more entertaining waterborne shows has been "Top Hooker," an Animal Planet competition series that began in June and is now down to the final few episodes.
"And I'm looking into getting broadband later in the year".Indeed, the growth in waterborne living is starting to strain the network's resources.
As ever after such events, an outbreak of waterborne diseases such as cholera is feared.
