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IF Mr. Layard will discard “tightly-corked tubes” altogether, and keep his minute shells in open-ended sections of glass tube, lightly closed, at top and bottom, with cotton-wool, he will have no more trouble from “milky efflorescence,” which will not form in presence of the “thorough draft” he will thus establish in his cabinet.
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PIDGEON, D. A Shell Collector's Difficulty. Nature 38, 590 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/038590c0
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