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_ The Socizry.— Five microscopes, including that splendid 
“binocular,” with the objectives and other necessary apparatus, 
lately presented to the Society by Mr. Thomas Ross, were in the 
charge of Mr. Searson, the curator, who exhibited some fine 
injections of the dorsal and palmar surfaces of the hand, villi, and 
follicles of the intestine; sections of human scalp, with the hairs, 
glands, and vessels in situ; also, under several powers, the action 
of the cilia on the fibrille of the common mussel, the isolated 
portions floating by means of the cilia across the field of the 
microscope in a remarkable manner, as so many infusorial ani- 
malcule. 
Mr. WuiEELER.— Twenty-one microscopes, and an elaborate dis- 
play of objects, with some light well-made cases for the con- 
venience of carrying a quantity of objects with safety. These 
comprised some respectable instruments at a very low cost, with 
others of higher pretensions ; and his first-class binocular, with 
his improved achromatic objectives, made expressly for binocular 
use, a new goniometer stage, and the modern appliances for 
special illumination. The objects were elegantly displayed, em- 
bracing an extensive series in almost every branch of microscopy ; 
the most enviable, perhaps, being his grouped and symmetrical 
selections of diatoms, both opaque and transparent; whole in- 
sects, orchidaceous and other vegetable structures, and anatomical 
preparations. 
There was an interesting exhibition of early microscopes, the 
property of the Society, of Mr. Roper, and of the Assistant Secre- 
tary, Mr. Williams. ‘Those belonging to the Society were the 
Martin microscope, of which there is a description in No. VI, 
new series, of the Journal. An early specimen of the compound 
microscope known as Culpepper’s, and a silver mounted speci- 
men of Wilson’s pocket microscope. These were from the 
Quekett collection. Those of Mr. Roper were Lyonet’s anato- 
mical microscope, and one of Martin’s early compound hand 
microscopes. Mr. Williams exhibited a lucernal microscope in 
operation. The double constructed microscope, two specimens of 
Wilson’s pocket microscope, Withering’s botanical microscope, 
two specimens of microscopes for opaque objects, a solar mi- 
croscope, and a very minute microscope contained in a case 
the size of a small acorn. 
The following gentlemen also exhibited microscopes with well 
selected and interesting objects:—Messrs. Pillischer,ten; Highley, 
six, with beautiful photographs of diatoms for the magic lanthorn ; 
Mummery, two; Gray, one; J. Smith, one; Morley, one ; Horne 
and Thornthwaite, three, and two polariscopes; and Topping, two. 
Around the walls of the great hall were displayed a large 
series of elaborate and instructive diagrams, kindly contributed 
by Dr. Carpenter, Dr. Beale, Mr. Mummery, and a very interest- 
ing series of the “anemone” executed by Mr. T. Suffolk, a 
member of the Society, were greatly admired. The generality of 
the objects far surpassed all former attempts, especially the 
