Evenings at the microscope : or, Researches among the minuter organs and forms of animal life (1884)
Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888 · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 56
sort of facetted, or honeycombedappearance; and the broken edges, which even to thenaked eye appear fibrous, are seen to resemble a numberof basaltic columns. The shell is thus seen to be com-posed of a vast number of prisms, having a tolerablyuniform size, and usually presenting an approach to… … SECTIOX OF SACKE FROM 1EAKL OYSTEK. The inner layer of such shells is remarkable for pos-sessing in different degrees the property of reflecting rain-bow-like colours, often with great delicacy and splendour;and this is termed nacre, or familiarly mother-of-pearl.This iridescent lustre depends, as…
Zoology · Microscopy
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