moodie: methods of studying fossils. 



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The fossil could then be photographed and the photograph 

 used as an illustration, or, if the details were still obscure, as 

 an aid to studying the specimen under the binocular. The 

 apparatus which has been found of the greatest convenience in 

 photographing the smaller fossils (figure 3) consists of a 

 heavy iron base into which is fastened an upright steel bar an 

 inch and a quarter in diameter, to which is fastened, by means 

 of clamps, a base and a rod for the support of the camera. 



Figure 3. 



A vertical camera stand, useful in making photographs of small 

 objects. 



