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The colours of animals : their meaning and use, especially considered in the case of insects
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Professor C. Stewart informs me that he has repeated Brewster's original experiment, upon which the above statement depends. He found that the colour was due to a thin layer of shell which had been stripped off
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- Authors
- Poulton, E. B.
- Venue
- D. Appleton eBooks
- Publisher
- D. Appleton
- Published
- 1890
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- W1606082431
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