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"Davies on Mounting" Mr. Tafe. 



" Lancaster's Half-hours with the Microscope " „ 



A number of Photo-Micrographs, including"! 

 two of Mr. Webb's specimens of Micro- j 



scopic Writing and a companion photo- ^ Dr. J. J. Woodward, 



graph of the jfirst seven bands of Nobert's | 

 Test Plate, taken with the same objective J 



One Slide :^!r. Walter White. 



146 Slides of Insects, mounted by Mr. Green, > -^^ Curties 



of Ceylon ... ... ^ 



"The Quarterly Journal of Microscopical") gy purchase. 



Science"... ... ... ^ 



Dr. Beales' " How to work with the Micro- 7 



scope ^ 



The thanks of the Club were voted to the donors. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for and duly elected members of the 

 Club:— Mr. E. M. Doble, Mr. E. H. Flux, Mr. J. H. Hadland, Mr. J. D. Hardy, 

 Mr. R. Moreland, jun., Mr. H.E.Newton, Mr. G.Pearce, Mr. J. E. Taylor, and 

 Mr. C. H. Wright. 



The Secretary read a letter received from Dr. J. J. Woodward, of the Army 

 Medical Department, Washington, relative to the photographs which he had 

 kindly presented to the Club. 



The thanks of the meeting were voted to Dr. Woodward for his communication 

 and contribution. 



Mr. H. F. Hailes read a paper " On a new form of Deep Cell, made by the 

 Tilghman Patent Sand-blast Process." (See page 227.) 



A vote of thanks to Mr. Hailes for his communication was duly carried, the 

 President observing that this appeared to be the first practical application of 

 the Sand-blast Process to microscopical purposes. 



Dr. Matthews wished to say a few words, which, though almost personal, were 

 simply a matter of justice to Mr. T. C. White. He (Dr. Matthews) had been 

 honoured with a commission to edit a new edition of " Davies on Mounting." 

 It appeared that, after leaving his hands, the publisher had let Mr White see 

 the sheets, and then lie had afterwards passed them on to Mr. Davies. It also 

 appeared that Mr. White had made some additions to the work, unknown to 

 him, and as these additions by Mr. White had added much to the value of the 

 work, he took the present opportunity of publicly acknowledging his indebted- 

 ness to Mr. White in the matter. 



The Secretai'y read a description, by Mr. Eichards, of his " Improved Im- 

 mersion Tube," for viewing objects under water. This consisted of a tube of 

 brass with a plain glass cemented to one end, and capable of sliding over an 

 inner tube, having the universal screw at each end ; the latter was screwed into 

 the microscope body, and an objective screwed to the other end. The immei'sion 

 tube was then slid over it for the distance required by the objective used and 

 the depth of the aquarium. 



The thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Eichards, and the President 

 remarked that the tube was likely to be useful in observing objects underwater, 

 and, as it could be used at a considerable depth, it would be suitable for the 

 examination of Sertularia, &c. 



Mr. Ingpen read a paper, by Mr. Curties and himself, " On Insect Mounting 

 in Hot Climates," with especial reference to the valuable collection of objects 



