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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



MEETING 



Held on the 17th June, 1914, at 20 Hanover Square, W., 

 Professor G. Sims Woodhead, M.A., M.D., etc., President, 

 in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the Meeting of May 20, 1914, were read and con- 

 confirmed, and were signed by the President. 



The List of Donations (exclusive of exchanges and reprints) re- 

 ceived since the last Meeting was read as follows, and the thanks of the 

 Society were accorded to the donors : — 



From 



Report of the British Association for 1913 Sir Frank Crisp. 



Nees ab Eseubeck, Horse Physicse Berolinensis, 1820 .. Mr. Frank Eobotham. 



Mr. C. F. Rousselet described John Cuffs " New Constructed 

 Double Microscope," presented by Mr. John Sterry. This instrument 

 is an early example of the model invented and introduced by Cuff in 

 1744, as is evidenced by its Latin inscription on the stage, "J. Cuff, 

 Londini, Invt. & Fecit " ; later, Cuff signed his Microscopes on the stage- 

 plate in English, "J. Cuff. London. Maker." It is accompanied by a 

 descriptive pamphlet, with plate, dated September 20, 1744, in which 

 Cuff claims for his new Microscope the following advantages and reasons 

 for its invention : — 



1. A better method of illuminating objects than is possessed by 

 either Hook's, Marshall's, or Culpeper's Microscopes. 



2. A more exact method of focusing. 



3. A silver reflector for viewing opaque objects. 



4. A better form of stage, so that any object could be viewed with- 

 out the legs being in the way. 



In the year 1743, it appears, Henry Baker had complained of the 

 various inconveniences of the older instruments, whereupon " Mr. Cuff, 

 the optician, applyed his thoughts to fashion a Microscope in another 



