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INDEX. 



THOMAS, MR. R., on spiral crystallisa- 

 tion, 214 



THWAITES' fluid, 55 

 Tinfoil cells, 61 

 Tissue, adipose, 119 

 ,, areolar, 118 



,, embryonic, preparation of, 307 

 ,, hardening of, 82 

 ,, white fibrous, 119 

 ,, yellow fibrous, 119 

 Tissues, colouring of, by osmic acid, 113 

 ,, demonstrating the anatomical 

 peculiarities of, 116 



,, of insects, preparing for micro- 

 scopical examination, 158 



, , soft, general directions for exami- 

 ning and preserving, 1 1 7 



,, ,, preparing for examination 

 with highest powers, 298 

 ,, staining of, 106 

 ,, ,, by chloride of gold, 



vegetable, examination of, 163 

 ,, ,, preserving perma- 



nently, 167 



TOLLES, MR., his new binocular micro- 

 scope, 12 



Tongue, examination of muscular struc- 

 ture of, 125 



Toning solutions, 273 



Tracheae, examination of, 159 



Tracing paper, 29 



Transmitted light, 18 



Transforming powers of cell, 3 11 



Transparent injections, 90 



,, ,, colouring matters 



for, 91 



,, ,, injecting different 



systems of vessels with, 97 



Travelling microscope, 13 



Tripods, 43 



Troughs for examining zoophytes in, 66 



Tubes, capillary, 209 



TURNBULL'S blue injecting fluid, 94 



Turpentine, examining specimens in, 76 



Twenty-fifth of an inch object-glass, 285 



Unstriped muscular fibre, 122 



Valentin's knife, 45 

 Vallisneria, circulation in cells of, 1 65 

 Vegetable tissues, examination of, 163 

 ,, ,, preserving permanently, 



167 



Veins, examination of, 126 

 Vermilion, 89 

 Vessels, injecting different systems with 



opaque injection, 90 



Vessels, injecting different systems with 

 transparent injection, 97 

 ,, lymphatics, injecting of, 102 



Villi, examination of, 132 



Viscid media, advantages of, for dissec- 

 tion of the tissues for highest powers, 

 294 



Vital movements occurring in living 

 beings, 170 



Vivaria, 151 



Vivarium microscope, 13 



Voluntary muscle, 122 



VorticellK and rotifers, 155 



Waistcoat-pocket microscope, 16 



WALES, MR., his improvements in mak- 

 ing object-glasses, 6 



Wash bottle, 86 



Watch glasses, 47 



Water, objections to, as a medium for 

 examining specimens in, 281 

 ,, bath, 44 



WEBSTER condenser, 25 



WENHAM, MR., his binocular arrange- 

 ments, II 



,, ,, high powers made of 



single lenses, 6 



,, ,, mode of correcting 



object-glasses, 8 



,, on the circulation in the cells 



of certain plants, 166 



WEST, TUFFEN, his engravings of mi- 

 croscopical objects, 33 



White fibrous tissue, 1 19 



WILSON, DR., his mode of illumination 

 for photographing microscopic objects, 

 247 



Wood and textures of that character, 

 cutting sections, 84 

 ,, blocks, preparing for being drawn 

 upon, 29 



makers of, 363 



,, engravers, 363 



Wooden forceps, 46 



WOODWARD, DR. (U.S.), his method 

 of taking photographs of microscopical 

 objects, 237 

 ,, ,, latest arrangement by, 344 



Work table of a microscopist, 185 



Yellow fibrous tissue, 119 

 ,, injecting fluid, 96 



Zoophytes, destroying the life of, best 



methods, 155 



,, trough for examining them 

 in, 66 



