THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE LIGHT OF THE WEST INDIAN ELATERID BEETLE, PYROPHORUS

Harvey , E. Newton; Stevens , Kenneth P.

doi:10.1085/jgp.12.2.269

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THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE LIGHT OF THE WEST INDIAN ELATERID BEETLE, PYROPHORUS

E. Newton Harvey,

E. Newton Harvey

From the Physiological Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton.

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E. Newton Harvey

From the Physiological Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton.

Kenneth P. Stevens

From the Physiological Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton.

Accepted: June 11 1928

Online ISSN: 1540-7748

Print ISSN: 0022-1295

Copyright, 1928, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research

1928

J Gen Physiol (1928) 12 (2): 269–272.

https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.12.2.269

The maximum brightness of one of the prothoracic light organs of the West Indian elaterid beetles, Pyrophorus (measured at Princeton, New Jersey) was found to be .045 lambert, or .045 lumen per sq. cm. at 20°C. This corresponds to .0002 candle for one organ, or .0004 candle for the pair of prothoracic organs.

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