Works of the Cavendish Society

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Works of the Cavendish Society
Cavendish Society, London
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— ^Alcohol and very dilute mineral acids, which do not kiJl the *ni^ mal instantly, cause tho final extinction of its tight when under tvatei^ and likewiw of tliat of the extracted luminous matter; concentrateii acid< extinguish it instantly. By these means, as well as by heating, or h\ thi action of copper-salts, corrosive sublimate or ether, the luminous mattel ]*assee into tlir stale of coagulated albumen, nnd then its luminosity i| destroyed. In aqueous solution of pota-sh the luminous matter diss?olv« And loses il^ illuminating power. (Macaire.) The Lampyris shines both as a perfect insect and also in the larv< etnte, but most powerfully in the nymph state, (Do Geer.) The eggi begin to ehine faintly in four or six weeks, when the larva? arp devcloj>r< and on tho point of emerging. Tlie females shine with peculiar bright ness in the breeding- season and during procreation, cease to Khine im* mediately afterwards, but shine brightly agnin on the following even* ing; their light is brightest wlien they are pregnant, at which lime ihej emit light from their whole bodies with the exception of the head.

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