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so as to act as a dissecting microscope ? As such, it would, no doubt, be very 

 convenient, both as to its steadiness and in having the ordinary stage and other 

 parts quite out of the way of the hands. 



Mr. Smith thought it might easily be adapted for that purpose, and believed 

 it would be very useful. 



A vote of thanks to Mr. Smith for his communication was carried unani- 

 mously. 



Mr. Richards then introduced to the meeting a simple addition to his portable 

 microscope body, being a small brass clip, by which it could be fixed to an up- 

 right pillar stand, whilst a swivel joint allowed it to be freely moved to any 

 required inclination. He had designed it, knowing that it was a matter of 

 trouble and difficulty to bring a large microscope to the meetings, and believing 

 that, in nine cases out of ten, his microscope, mounted on the pillar stand, would 

 show any object required. 



The Secretary said that they had to thank Mr. Richards, not only for his 

 communication, but also for a donation which did not appear upon the list. As 

 many members of the Club who had these microscopes had also purchased the 

 clips, Mr. Richards proposed to present the Club with some of the stands, which 

 would be thus available for the use of anyone who brought microscopes to the 

 meetings. He could, from personal observation, say that this form of micro- 

 scope was very valuable when used for examining insects in one of Mr. Mclntire's 

 cork cells, and he believed it would be very useful as a tank or aquarium 

 microscope. At the recent meeting of the Royal Microscopical Society, he saw 

 Stephenson's Binocular erecting microscope with a glass cap placed over the 

 objective, and put into a tank ; it was merely a closed glass tube with a brass 

 collar screwed on the microscope over the object glass, the end of the tube being 

 closed in with a circle of thin covering glass, and he thought that if some such 

 contrivance could be adapted to this microscope of Mr. Richards', without in- 

 fringing in any way upon Mr. Stephenson's rights, it would be a very valuable 

 addition. 



A vote of thanks to Mr. Richards for his communication, and for his donation, 

 was unanimously carried. 



Notice was given by the President that the nominations of gentlemen to fill 

 vacancies on the committee must be made at the next meeting, and members 

 were desired to come prepared with names for proposal. The excursionists' 

 annual dinner was also announced to take place at Leatherhead, on June 

 22nd. 



The proceedings terminated with a conversazione, at which the following 

 objects were exhibited: — 



Various Foraminifera by Mr. Hailes. 



Eupodiscus Argus, shown with ^in. objective of") 



Mr. Jackson. 



110° angular aperture and new paraboloid 



Trichocephalus dispar ,, Dr. Matthews. 



Podura Scale, shown with an immersion jjin.^ 



objective, having a double adjustment for r ,, Mr. Thos. Powell. 



correcting the chromatic aberration. ' 



Live Insects, shown with 4in. objective and) ,, T „ .,. 



' J f ii Mr. Jas. Smith, 



new sub-stage ) 



