INDEX. 



377 



Seeds, external markings of, 164 



Seeing what is described, importance of, 3 



Spherical aberration, 6 



Selenite, 19 



Separating crystals from animal sub- 

 stances, 213 



,, deposits from fluids, 84 

 ,, ,, ,, when very 



small in quantity, 85 



,, the coarse from the finer par- 

 ticles of a deposit, 85 



Serous and synovial membranes, 130 



SHADBOLT, MR., annular condenser, 23 

 ,, turn-table for making circu- 



lar cells, 60 



Shade for protecting the eyes from the 

 glare of strong light, 2O 



Shades, glass, for protecting objects from 

 dust, 47 



Shell-lac cells, 60 

 ,, cement, 48 



Shells, microscopic, 159 



SHEPPARD, MR., on colour produced by 

 living organisms, 340 



Silver, nitrate of, 207 



,, ,, for staining tissues, 112 



Simple microscope, 4 



Size for injection, 88 

 ,, of particles of colouring matter used 

 for injections, 90 



,, of objects, apparent, under different 

 powers, 286 



Sketches, importance of making, 184 



S LACK, MR. , his diaphragm eye-piece, 289 



Slides of plate glass, 46 



SMITH, MR. JAS., his leaf holder, 46 



SMITH, PROF., his growing cell, 66 

 ,, ,, mechanical finger, 8 1 



,, PROF. LAWRENCE, his plan of 

 making the obj ect-glass its own illumina- 

 tor, 21 



Snake, action of the heart in, 135 



Soda, solutions of, 205 



Soft tissues, general directions for exami- 

 ning and preserving, 117 



Soluble Prussian blue, new form, 97 



Solution of Canada balsam, 5 1 



SORBY, H. C., F. R. S., on spectrum 

 analysis, 218 



Sorting tray, for sea collecting, 149 



Specimens, of examining and preserving 

 in the dry, 75 



,, new methods of preparing, for 

 examination with highest powers, 290 



Spectrum analysis, 218 

 ,, microscope, 218 

 ,, ,, examining objects 



in, 221 



Spinal cord, examination of, 144 



Spiral crystallisation, 214 



Spirit lamp, 43 



Spot glass, 22 



Spring clips, 52 



Stage, 7 



Stage micrometer, 35 

 Staining bones of living animals with 

 madder, 121 



,, germinal matter of tissues, 107 

 ,, tissues, 106 



,, ,, blue colours for, ill 



,, ,, Gerlach's method, 108 



,, ,, Lord Osbome's pro- 



cess, 1 08 



,, ,, nitrate of silver solu- 



tions for, 112 



Standards of measurement, 39 

 Starch globules enclosed in cells, 164 

 Steel and iron, microscopical structure 



of, 181 



Stereoscopic photographs, 256 

 Stimulus, 329 



Stomach, mucous membrane of, 132 

 Stone, drawing on, 30 

 ,, engraving on, 30 

 ,, grinding glass on, 6 1 

 Stones, lithographic, 31 

 Stops, 21 



Striped muscle, 122 

 Structure, general observations on, 114 



,, muscular, of heart and tongue, 

 125 



,, new views on, 308 

 Structures, difficulty of seeing, from their 



transparency, 193 

 Students' microscopes, 10 

 Submucous areolar tissue, examination 



of, 131 

 Substances of extraneous origin, 195 



,, in fluids, examination of, 75 



Sulphates, testing for, 210 

 Sulphuric acid, 202 

 Sunlight illumination, 19 

 Surface net for sea collecting, 149 

 Synovial membranes, examination of. 130 

 Syrup, action of, on tissues, 293 

 ,, acetic acid, 296 



Tables for practising manipulation, 347 

 Tablets for pinning out dissections upon, 



79 



Tannin, in 



Teeth, making sections of, 83 

 Terminal plexuses of nerves, 128 

 Test bottles with capillary orifices, 209 

 Tests, method of applying, to substances 

 intended for microscopical examination, 

 208 



Texture, representing peculiarities of, 31 

 THIERSCH'S carmine fluid, 1 10 

 ,, lilac fluid, no 



,, yellow injecting fluid, 96 



Thin glass, 47 



,, of perforating, 63 



,, instrument for measuring 

 thickness of, 286 



,, sections of dry bone, making of. 82 

 ,, ,, of textures, obtaining for 

 microscopical examination, So 



