and Laboratory Methods. 



1969 



The top is glued together and projects over the sides about one and one- 

 half inch. At the right there are five eighteen-inch drawers for apparatus and 

 supplies, the lower drawer having a face six inches and the others three inches 

 in depth. The shelf over the drawers is found very convenient in note-taking. 

 Two shallow drawers, with a face only one and one-half inch deep and located 

 just under the top-board, are very convenient for freshly prepared slides, draw- 

 ings, etc. The drawer at the left is nine inches long, and I have used it for 

 preparations in glycerine and water, allowing the slides to remain there until the 

 water has evaporated, when they can be cleaned up and sealed. The middle 

 drawer is fifteen inches long, and is used for sheets of notes, drawings, or blank 



A Convenient Microscopical Table. 



paper. All drawers and the shelf extend to the back side of the table, which 

 forms a stop for them. On brackets at the left end of the table, is a shelf six 

 inches wide and about four and one-half inches below the top of the table, for 

 use in making camera-lucida drawings. The exact height of this shelf depends 

 upon the microscope, as the stage should be perfectly level and even with the 

 top of the table upon which the drawings may be made. 



Under the shelf towards the back is a small compartment, provided with lock 

 and key, for storing the microscope and case when not in use. 



The table was constructed of North Carolina pine sheathing by a local builder 

 at a cost of about twenty-five dollars, but if made in the factory in considerable 

 numbers, it could doubtless be made of better wood for a smaller price. The 



