ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY, MICROSCOPY, ETC. 



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MICROSCOPY. 



A. Instruments, Accessories, etc.* 

 (1) Stands. 



Old Microscope by Shuttle-worth. — This Microscope (fig. 86), 

 presented to the Society by Mr. Wynne E. Baxter, is signed Shuttle- 

 worth, London. It is known that after Benjamin Martin's death in 

 1782, his models were copied by other makers such as Gregory and 



Fig. 86. 



Wright, Shuttleworth, and others. It will be seen that the present instru- 

 ment closely follows those of Benjamin Martin in shape and design. 



The triangular limb is pivoted by a compass-joint to the top of the 

 folding tripod-foot. The rack is cut into the back of the prismatic 

 limb, and the pinion, which protrudes at right angles from the base, 



* This subdivision contains (1) Stands ; (2) Eye-pieces and Objectives ; (3) 

 Illuminating and other Apparatus ; (4) Photomicrography ; (5) Microscopical 

 Optics arid Manipulation ; (6) Miscellaneous. 



