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antimony bromide, I do not find it quite equal to the gelatine 

 for stannous chloride. It will not permit so much to be dissolv- 

 ed, and does not act as kindly As the result of all my experi- 

 ments, I am disposed to give the preference to the antimony and 

 boro-glyceride. 



To make a handsome mount, it is quite important that all 

 excess of the medium outside the cover should be removed, as 

 the antimony will discolor more or less the wax ring, or any 

 cement now known to me. 



PROCEEDINGS. 



Meeting of December 4Th, 1885. 

 The President, Mr. C. Van Brunt, in the chair. 

 Thirty-five persons present. 



OBJECTS EXHIBITED. 



1. Diamond-Beetle : by M. H. Eisner. 



2. Silicified Coniferous Wood from Arizona : by C. S. 

 Shultz. 



3. Transverse section of the peduncle of Nymphcea odorata, 

 showing intercellular hairs : by Benjamin Braman. 



4. Section of injected human brain : by Wm. G. De Witt. 



5. Silicified wood from the Yellowstone National Park : by 

 Wm. G. De Witt. 



6. Mesocarpiis in conjugation ; mounted by A. C. Cole, of 

 London : by A. D. Balen. 



7. Fibrous Malachite from the Copper Queen Mine, Arizona : 

 by M. M. Le Brun. 



8. Silicified wood from Arizona, showing the mycelium of a 

 Fungus : by M. M. Le Brun. 



9. Silicified wood from Arizona : by L. Schoney, M. D. 



10. Pollen of Strelitzia Regime, mounted in glycerine : by N. 

 L. Britton. 



11. Section of "Tiger's Eye" from Arizona: by C. S. 

 Shultz. 



electrical illumination for the microscope. 

 Mr. E. A. Schultze remarked on his recent experiments on 

 the production and use of the incandescent electric light. He 



