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PROCEEDINGS 



OP THE 



QUEKETT MICROSCOPICAL CLUB. 



At the 497th ordinary meeting of the Club, held on March 24th, 

 1914, the President, Prof. A. Dendy, D.Sc, F.R.S., in the chair, 

 the minutes of the meeting held on February 24th were read and 

 confirmed. 



Messrs. C. W. Engelhardt, Harry Albert St. George, E. 

 Hermann Anthes, Felix R. W. Brand, Victor M. E. Koch, 

 Francis W. Lloyd, Leonard R. Gingell and His Excellency 

 Nicholas Yermoloff, K.C.Y.O., were balloted for and duly elected 

 members of the Club. 



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The list of donations to the Club was read, and the thanks of 

 the members voted to the donors. 



The President said : " My attention has been called to the 

 fact that Mr. Powell, one of our oldest and best-known members, 

 is present this evening. I am also informed that Mr. Powell 

 celebrated his eightieth birthday on Saturday last. May I be 

 allowed, on behalf of the Club, to offer him our sincere con- 

 gratulations on this occasion, and to express our satisfaction that 

 he is still able to be present at our meetings ? " 



Mr. J. W. Ogilvy (Messrs. Leitz) exhibited an illuminator for 

 opaque objects which consists of a bull's-eye and a stage-condenser 

 fitted to a bar which is carried on a stand having universal 

 movements. Being in one piece, time is saved in setting up the 

 apparatus. 



Mr. N. E. Brown, A.L.S., read " Some Notes on the Structure 

 of Diatoms." 



An animated discussion followed the paper, in which the 

 President and Messrs. O'Donohoe and Ainslie took part, and to 

 which Mr. Brown replied. 



A hearty vote of thanks was given to Mr. Brown for his 

 interesting paper. 



The Hon. Sec. read a paper, communicated by Mr. E. M. 

 Nelson, F.R.M.S., on " A New Object-glass by Zeiss, and a New 

 Method of Illumination." 



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