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PKOCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



QUEKETT MICROSCOPICAL CLUB. 



At the meeting of the Club held on October 18th, 1907, 

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

 the minutes of the meeting held on June 21st were read and 

 confirmed. 



Messrs. L. Gunn, R. L. Mestayer, W. H. Cold wells, and Prof. 

 E. A. Minchin were balloted for and duly elected members 

 of the Club. 



Numerous additions to the Library were announced, including 

 a copy of Microscopy by Dr. E. J. Spitta, presented by the 

 author. 



Mr. Karop, rising to thank the President, on behalf of the 

 Club, said : " Gentlemen, as the list of donations includes a work 

 the author of which is our esteemed President, it would be 

 obviously embarrassing for him to propose a comprehensive 

 vote of thanks to the respective donors, and therefore I am 

 privileged to do so on his behalf. Moreover, the book itself 

 is dedicated to us as a Club, and although we know very well 

 that we include several members, whom I need not name, who 

 are competent exponents of physical optics as applied to the 

 microscope, yet collectively I am afraid we have much to learn ; 

 and here is a text, addressed pointedly to us, on which we may 

 safely rely to remove some of our difficulties and guide us along 

 the right path. Further, I am informed, on the highest authority, 

 that the work has already attained a very large sale for one 

 of its class. I have, then, very great pleasure in moving a 

 very hearty vote of thanks to Dr. Spitta for his donation 

 and dedication." 



Mr. W. R. Traviss exhibited and described a pair of aquarium 

 forcep scissors, a very ingenious little piece of apparatus designed 

 for retaining a hold on a piece of weed, etc., in an aquarium 

 while cutting it, so that lit does not fall to the bottom and 

 get possibly lost "in the usual way." He also described two 

 other pieces of apparatus, both designed for a similar purpose, 



