Word: poulton
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Dates: during 1894-1894
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...Edward B. Poulton, M. A., F. R. S., of the University of Oxford, gave a most interesting lecture yesterday afternoon under the auspices of the Natural History Society, on the subject: "Some Recent Investigations upon the Meaning and Use of the Colors of Animals in the Struggle for Existence." The lecture included some of the most interesting parts of the course which Mr. Poulton has recently given at the Lowell Institute and was elaborately illustrated throughout by the stereopticon...
...Poulton first spoke of the color of animals as adapted to purposes of concealment. This adaptation, he said, goes beyond merely affecting the surface of the animal's body and is deep seated in the nervous system. Some insects closely resemble dead leaves, and as a dead leaf with a hole in it appears more decayed than one that is entire, so some insects go to the extent of having what gives the impression of a hole upon the surface of their bodies. In one stage of development this hole is represented, as an artist would represent it on canvas...
...since that time, there has been great activity on the part of the various religious societies, the debating societies, the Camera Club, and the Natural History Society, in precisely this direction. This afternoon the Natural History Society offers the latest of this valuable series of lectures. Professor Edward B. Poulton, M. A., F. R. S., of Oxford University, will speak on the "Use and Meaning of the Colors of Animals in the Struggle for Existence;" the lecture will be illustrated by stereopticon views. This lecture will be directly in the line of a series of lectures on the "Colors...
Harvard Natural History Society. Some Recent Investigations upon the Meaning and Use of the Colors of Animals in the Struggle for Existence (illustrated by the stereopticon). Mr. Edward B. Poulton, M. A., F. R. S., of Oxford University. Harvard...
Edward B. Poulton, M. A., F. R. S., Professor of Zoology at Oxford University, will lecture this afternoon at 4 o'clock in Harvard 1. Subject: "Some recent investigations upon the meaning and use of the colors of animals in the struggle for existence." The public are invited to the lecture...