1726 



Journal of Applied Microscopy 



A Convenient and Economical Cabinet for Microscopical 



Slides. 



There are many cabinets on the market which are admirable, and those who 

 are not limited by means and space can, no doubt, find among these something 

 suitable. On the other hand, some persons, I have no doubt, still keep a large 

 number of slides in the common wooden boxes which are so generally used for 

 that purpose, and it is presumed that they have experienced the inconvenience 

 of not being able to find the right box and the desired slide just at the moment 

 when it was most wanted. 



The accompanying photograph 



I j I W KH 1 \ represents a case which I have had 

 ^^j|_^H|rB^I__«.i constructed for my laboratory to hold 

 I— J^i«{^J,U— +— — 1 the slide boxes just mentioned. As 

 ^■""▼■^■■pir I ji will be seen, the case holds four 

 > I iBy['''"~ lBil drawers, but it might be made of any 

 I ' ^^_.^r_ -'1 ^'^^' The drawers are all 25^ inches 

 I — *^ IBIBKi i deep and 20 inches wide outside and 

 """ * 'HKKl 1 are made of 5 y-inch lumber. The top 

 drawer is 3'^ inches deep inside, and 

 in the front portion there are three 

 spaces each 5 inches wide for cata- 

 logue cards. The remainder of this 

 drawer can be used for extra cards 

 and labels. The other three drawers 

 are of uniform size and are i inches 

 deep inside. At the back of each 

 there is a space 5^ inches wide and 

 as long as the width of the drawer. 

 This is left so that the drawer will still 

 hang firmly in the case when with- 

 drawn far enough to allow of the re- 

 moval of the last row of slide boxes. 

 The remainder of each of the three 

 lower drawers is divided into 50 

 spaces, each l}i x ?>% inches, by 

 The spaces between the partitions are just 

 large enough to receive comfortably one end of the ordinary wooden slide box. 

 Since each box holds 25 slides and each drawer 50 boxes, the case will accom- 

 modate 3750 slides. The drawers are lettered A, B, and C and each box is 

 lettered and numbered, beginning with the inner left hand box of each drawer. 

 The slides are also lettered and numbered to correspond with those of the 

 drawer and box and, if desired, may be numbered from 1 to 25 in each box to 

 correspond with the numbers in the backs of the boxes. A card catalogue is 



Cabinet for Microscopical Slides. 

 partitions made of ^-inch lumber. 



