PROCEEDINGS OP SOCIETIES. 231 



A Keply to Mr. Pillischer. 



To the Editor of the '■Monthly Microscopical Journal.^ 



16, FiTZROY Square, W., ApHl 16, 1874. 

 Sir, — I am somewhat astonished at the tone of Mr. Pillischer's 

 letter in the last number of your Journal. First, as to nationality : 

 My authority was a juror at Vienna, and if, as it apj^ears, his informa- 

 tion was erroneous, I regret that I should, however innocently, have 

 repeated it. But the fact does not affect my argument, that native 

 British optical talent was wholly unrepresented at the Vienna Exhibi- 

 tion. Beyond that the nationality of Mr. Pillischer is a matter of 

 supreme indifference to me : — 



"Tros Tyriusve mihi nullo discrimine liabetur." 



Secondly, as to deep objectives : I perfectly well remember Mr. P. 

 telling me at the Exhibition that he had no higher power than a 

 •^-inch, but that he expected some higher powers. If these subse- 

 quently arrived, and were presented to the jury, it was, I submit, 

 " extreme carelessness on his part" not to inform me personally of a 

 fact of which, after his previous statement, I certainly required to bo 

 informed. 



It now appears that "a series of object-glasses ranging from 4-inch 

 to ^-inch " were submitted to the jury. Be it so. It must, however, 

 be borne in mind that the makers of jg*^^ ^^'^ pretty well known, and 

 may probably be reckoned on one's fingers ; and I feel confident that 

 the jurors who took charge of that department would have required, 

 before examining a ^V*h on Mr. Pillischer's behalf, some satisfactory 

 evidence, beyond mere assertion, that it was honct fide his oivn manu- 

 facture. 



That there may be no quibble as to the meaning of a " bond fide 

 manufacturer," I think I shall carry public opinion with me in defining 

 an individual to be a " hand fide manufacturer " of whatever is pro- 

 duced in a workshop of his own, by those who work for him at fixed 

 wages, whether for time, or piece-work ; and not othericise. 



I remain yours faithfully, 



Chas. Beooke. 



PKOCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



KoYAL Microscopical Society. 



King's College, Ap7il 1, 1874. 



r. H. Wenhara, Esq., Vice-President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 



A list of donations to the Society since the last meeting was read by 

 the Secretary, and the thanks of the meeting were voted to the donors. 



A paper by Dr. Anthony " On the Structm-e of a Lepisma Scale " 

 was read by the Secretary, and drawings in illustration were exhibited 

 to the Fellows. 



Mr. S. J. Mclntire thought, from the aj^pearance of the scale as 

 drawn, that it was not that of the ordinary lepisma. In Sir John 

 Lubbock's book on the Thysanurse many other kinds were mentioned 



