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XX THE MICROSCOPE. 



FIG. I^XQr^ 



229. Scale reduced to a hair from clothes-moth 8> 



230. Hair-like scale from clothes-motb, with three 



prongs St 



231. Cartilage from mouse's ear 91 



232. Transverse section of human bone 9( 



233. Striped muscular fibre from meat 92 



234. a. Liber fibre of flax, natural state 79 



6. Ditto, broken across at short intervals. 



235. Wool from flannel 7S 



236. Silk 79 



237. Cotton hair 79 



23S. Crystal of honey 39 



239. Thick crystal of ordinary sugar — same angles .... 39 



240. Crystals of sugar from adulterated honey 40 



241. Cuticle from berry of holly 33 



242. Transverse section of whalebone 90 



243. Transverse section of plum stone 31 



244. Transverse section of testa of seed of Guelder rose 31 



245. Fruit of groundsel — opaque 42 



246. One hair of pappus of dandelion 42 



247. Cottony hair of burdock 42 



248. Portion of pappus of goat's-beard 42 



249. Wood of young shoots of vine, the cells containing 



starch 33 



250. Spiral fibres from testa of wild sage seed. ,,,»,,, 35 



