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Ships that Fade Away
de Kay, Charles | July 27, 1918 issue

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All over the ocean are vessels whose endeavor it is to emulate the exploits of watery Gods such as Proteus and fade away from the sight of the enemy. The ports are full of strange monsters such as the naval architects of the past never envisaged in their wildest dreams. Part at least of the credit for the effective camouflage of ships is due to Abbott H. Thayer, painter of ideal figures in a far from cubistic style, who, many years ago, took to observing not only the mimicry of their surroundings by animals and insects, but the concealment that is of benefit to game birds, concealment resulting from differences in coloring between their backs and breasts.

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WATER gods in literature; HARBORS; NAVAL architects; SHIPS; CAMOUFLAGE (Military science); ANIMALS in literature
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