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and explaining it, and to Mr. Nelson for his kindness in showing 

 the slides. 



Mr. Karop said that Messrs. Beck were exhibiting in the room 

 two slides of Amphiphura jyellucida, one under a yV" objective of 

 numerical aperture 1*0, and the other under an objective of the 

 same magnifying power, but with an aperture of 1*25. The 

 former just showed signs of resolution, but the latter resolved 

 it completely. 



The Secretary announced that the annual soiree of the Croydon 

 Microscopical Club would take place on November 23rd, and 

 members of the Quekett Microscopical Club were invited to 

 exhibit thereat ; also that, with a view of making the meetings 

 more widely known, the Committee had ordered some cards to 

 be printed announcing the date of next meeting, and, in a space 

 left for the purpose, the titles of the papers to be read. Many 

 of the opticians had promised to exhibit these cards in their 

 establishments, but the value of such announcements would 

 largely depend upon timely notice being sent to him of the 

 matters it was intended to bring forward at their meetings. In 

 many cases he only received notice as to the titles of papers, etc., 

 a day or two before the meeting, and under those circumstances 

 it was of course impossible for any announcements to be made. 



Announcements of the meetings of the Club for the ensuing 

 month were then made, and the proceedings terminated with the 

 usual conversazione. 



December 16th, 1898. — Ordinary Meeting. 



J. Tatham, Esq., M.A., M.D., F.R.M.S., President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for and duly elected 

 members of the Club : — Mr. William J. Ford, Mr. Archibald 

 French, Mr. W. H. Williams, and Mr. Arthur Whitcombe. 



The following donations were announced, and the thanks of 

 the Club were voted to the donors: — 



'• Journal of Applied Microscopy " ... From the Publisher. 



" Proceedings of the Manchester Literary) ^ . . ^ 



and Philosophical Society ",. . ...i 



