Phosphorescent Meat.
(To the Editor). Si a. —If you can so(vc this puz/.le for me you will greatly oblige. A piece of brisket of beef hung in my safe for two or three days;, ft was per fee tly fresh, but was glittering on both sides like a glow-worm. J have been handling meat since boyhood, and never saw the like before. When brought to the light of a candle the glow disappeared. —I am, etc., J. 11. Green. Awapuni, May 18. [The phenomenon mentioned by our correspondent lias frequently attracted attention for many years and is supposed to be some form of phosphorescence. No satisfactory scientific explanation has been advanced of it so far as we are aware. —Ei>, M.E.S.]
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8192, 19 May 1906, Page 8
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