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PEOCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



MEETING 



Held on the 15th of October, 1902, at 20 Hanover Square, W. 

 Dr. Henry Woodward, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the Meeting of the 18th of June last were real 

 and confirmed, and were signed by the President. 



The List of Donations to the Society was submitted, amongst which 

 special mention was made of the Manual of Bacteriology ; British 

 Association Beports for 1901, from Mr. Frank Crisp ; a Microscope from 

 Mr. Jackson ; and another from Mr. Waters. 



From 



Chesler, F. D., A Manual of Determinative Bacteriology.) m i t, it- t 



(8vo, New York and London, 1901) ../ The Publishers. 



Hinton, A. Horsley, " P.O.P.": A Simple Book of Instruc-j 



tion in the Use of Silver Printing Out Paper. (Svo,> The Publishers.. 



London, 1902) ) 



Sparrow, F. W., The Principles of Simple Photography.\ „,, p J7 . , 



(Svo, London, 1902) J l lie ruoiislier*. 



Wall, E. J., The Dictionary of Photography. Sth ed.,\ m, d tt-j, 



revised by Thos. Bolas. (Svo, London, 1902) .. .. f ±He Publishers. 



Board of Agriculture. Beports of Proceedings under thel The Secretary to the 



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Diseases of Animals Acts, &c, 1901. (Svo, London, 1902)/ Board of Agriculture 

 British Association. Report 1901. (Svo, London, 1902) .. Mr. Frank Crisp. 



Microscope by Gary, with Varley Stage {"u&CtowSX* 



An old Microscope which belonged to Mr. Geo. Jackson, a) „ r T T T 7 



former President of the Society / ™r. John Jackson. 



Mr. C. F. Rousselet said that the old Microscope presented by Mr. 

 John Jackson, of Torquay, was interesting as having ibeen made by his 

 father, the late Dr. George Jackson, who was one of the Founders and 

 a former President of the Society (in 1852-3), and as being the proto- 

 type of what was known as the Jackson-Lister Model. It would be 

 noticed that the brass limb was in one piece, which was grooved down 

 the centre, having been ploughed in one cut, and the body, stage, and 

 substage all moved in this groove. The motion of the body and sub- 

 stage was effected by rack-and-pinion by milled heads placed vertically 

 at the back of the limb, whilst the stage was moved by a fine micro- 

 meter screw which acted as the fine adjustment. It was fitted with a 

 mechanical stage, and had three object-glasses, two eye-pieces, a micro- 

 meter eye-piece, and other accessories. Though the instrument itself 



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