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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



QUEKETT MICROSCOPICAL CLUB. 



At the meeting of the Club held on October 19th, Dr. E. J. Spitta, 

 F.R.A.S., F.R.M.S., President, in the Chair, the minutes of the 

 me< fcing held on June 15th were read and confirmed. 



Mr. H. Taverner, F.R.M.S., exhibited and described a special 

 form of filter-bottle which he had found very convenient for the 

 filtering of volatile mounting media. Messrs. W. Watson & Sons 

 exhibited the following instruments, which were described by 

 Mr. T. J. Smith: 



1. A simplified form of metallurgical microscope, built on the 

 Student's type, the special feature being the stage, which is 

 furnished with a rack-and-pinion adjustment for focussing. 



2. A sliding-bar for microscope stage, fitted with hardened 

 steel ball-bearings. 



3. A Darlaston-Cathcart microtome, fitted with automatic 

 raising action to the objectdiolder. 



4. A turn-table, with ball-bearing centre. 



Mr. Rousselet,F.R. M.S., read a u Xoteon Tetramastix opoliensis" 

 giving a corrected description and figure of this rare Rotifer. 

 A specimen of the creature was i xhibited, the peculiar character- 

 istics being very clearly shown. 



Mr. J. Burton read a paper " On the Reproduction of Mosses 

 and Ferns," illustrated by a number of coloured drawings and 

 preparations beneath microscopes. 



At the meeting of the Club held on November 16th, Dr. 

 E. J. Spitta, F.R.A.S., F.R.M.S., President, in the Chair, the 

 minutes of the meeting held on October 19th were read and 

 confirmed. 



Messrs. J. Elliot, E. H. Roberts, L. Miles, F. R. Mallet, 

 S. P. Stephens, B. P. Collins, W. Crosbie, E. E. Price, E. O'Brien, 



