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NOTE. 



Note on a Travelling and Sea-side Microscope. 

 By Mr. A. A. C. Eliot Merlin. 



As will be seen from the annexed figure (fig. 103), this form ot 

 •travelling Microscope is by no means new. It having, however, 

 fallen into disuse and been superseded by more elaborate although 

 less portable and less steady instruments, the object of this present 



Fig. 103. 



communication is to draw attention to some of its advantages, in the 

 hope that a demand for this class of portable Microscope may again 

 arise. 



The original design was worked out by Mr. Moginie, of Mr. 

 Charles Baker's establishment, and is first described in a paper * read 

 before the lioyal Microscopical Society on January 9th, 1867, by 

 Mr. J. Newton Tomkins, F.R.C.S., F.Z.S.. F.E.M.S. As made by 



* See Microscopical Journal, 1SG7, vol. xv. p. 20. 



