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index of Complete Equipment for Micromanipulation 

 The various parts and attachments which comprise the complete equipment are as follows: 



1. Base plate. 



Heavy rectangular metal plate, having attached to it, at one end, two round 

 pillar sockets. This is the front end of the base plate. On the base plate 

 there are three metal wings with screws. Two of them ara at the foot of the 

 pillar sockets; one is at the rear of the base plate. At one side there is 

 a screw-clamp holder for a syringe, on the other a holder for the flexible 

 shaft. 



2. Two micromanipulators. 

 5. A glass syringe. 



4. Injection apparatus composed of (a) hypodermic needle j (b) tube proper; (c) adapter 

 for holding pipette. 



5. Two metal adapters for holding needles. 



6. One glass moist chamber. 



7. One mechanical stage. 



9. One flexible shaft. (Use of this optional). 



9. One microscope with accessories :- 



a) "split" condenser. (Top lens removed). 



b) objectives 



1) #lb 



2) #3b ^Leitz 

 5) #5 J 



c) oculars 



1) lOx Leitz 



10. Lighting system. 



a) Light shed. 



b) 100 Watt lamp in socket with cord. 



c) 500 cc Florence flask for heat filter. 



d) One Gage daylight glass. 



11. Microneedle and Micropipette block with cover. (For holding reserve needles and 



pipettes) . 



Accessory Equipment 



Lens paper 



Filter paper cut into strips for moist chamber 



Vaseline 



Drop bottle of distilled HgO 



Petri dish with chemically cleaned cover slips 



1 small beaker, 150 cc with soap suds 



1 dish for used pipettes and needles 



2 Petri dishes with damp filter paper to serve as moist chambers 



