132 The Microscope. 



was done at my laboratory in the presence of Dr. S. M. Mos- 

 grove and Mr. F. F. Colwell, who bear witness to the same. 



Mr. Colwell afterwards succeeded in accomplishing the 

 same result with a duplicate objective by the same maker. 



This speaks rather well for new mounting mediums and 

 dry 1-5 in. objectives. Does it not ? E. F. Beckwith, M. D. 



Urbana, Ohio, May 21st, 1885. 



AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MICROSCOPISTS. 



EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING. 

 H. L. SMITH, GENEVA, N. Y. 



THE Eighth Annual Meeting of the Society will be held at 

 Cleveland, 0., beginning on Tuesday, August 18th, 1885, last- 

 ing four days. Members of the Society will need little urging to 

 attend, for the steadily growing interest in the meetings for 

 seven years is a sufficient guaranty that they will look forward 

 to this one with eager anticipation. 



The value of the organization has been established, and we 

 are full of hope and expectation that all the working micros- 

 copists of the country will join its membership and make it 

 the center of active microscopical investigation and the means 

 of mutual stimulus to better and higher scientific work. This 

 year's meeting offers some special inducements to attend its 

 sessions. 



The arrangements made by the local committees are such 

 as to insure most agreeable and interesting sessions, with the 

 most ample facilities for those who present papers to illustrate 

 them by projection apparatus and otherwise. 



The session for illustration of practical work in preparing 

 and mounting objects, which proved so fascinating and useful 

 a feature of the Chicago and Rochester meetings will be still 

 more varied and instructive than before. Mr. C. M. Vorce, 

 of Cleveland, has charge of the preparations for the working 

 session. 



The occasion will be one which will naturally call for the 

 best scientific work by our members, and we beg leave to urge 

 that each one will feel a personal responsibility to bring us at 



