Figure 33* — Sketch of Cobb's equipment for microscopic work on 

 nematodes at Woods Hole. 



by passing automobiles were completely eliminated by this 

 arrangement. The columns supported a heavy board for the 

 microscope and camera lucida. One of the unique features 

 of the equipment was a specially designed head rest, molded 

 individually to support the head in a fixed position while mak- 

 ing camera lucida drawings. Cobb's equipment, assembled 

 every summer in the Fisheries Laboratory, looked exactly 

 like that shown in the drawing that accompanied the publica- 

 tion (fig. 33) describing this technique (Cobb, 1916). By the 

 time the complex installation was finished, Cobb appeared, 

 accompanied by his assistants (junior nematologists) Edna 

 M. Buhrer, Charlotte E. Sprennel, Josephine F. Danforth 

 and others. Since no living accommodations were available 

 for girls in the government quarters, the charming ladies 

 rented rooms in the village but participated in the social 

 gatherings which were held about once a week at the residence 



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