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IN his speech at the Royal Academy banquet the Prince of Wales referred to one of the factors of modern warfare which is of special scientific interest—the art of “camouflage.” In the highly successful “camouflage” of ships as it was carried out during the closing phases of the war the principle made use of was that, familiar to biologists, of breaking up continuity of surface and outline by violent colour contrasts.
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KERR, J. “Camouflage” of Ships in War. Nature 103, 204–205 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/103204b0
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