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the centre of the slide. The lower half of the clip holds firmly upon 

 the glass slide, being a strong short spring ; and the upper half being 

 a weak long spring, gives the required delicate pressure on the cover 

 glass independently of the other spring. The point of the clip is 

 turned down sufficiently to prevent any risk of touching the wet 

 varnish round the cover glass, and applies the pressure only on the 

 centre ; and the clip is curved away sideways so as to allow of an 

 objective of short focus being used in examining the object whilst the 

 clip is on. The lower end of the clip ends in a flat ring, that is kept 

 clear of the field ; and the bottom edge of the slide being left free, the 

 object can be safely placed on the stage of the microscope for examin- 

 ation diu'ing mounting, without any risk of the clip getting accidentally 

 displaced. In putting on the clip, it is held by the ujiper bow with the 

 finger and thumb, and first slipped on to the slide, and then adjusted to 

 its position, holding up the point clear of the cover glass until in its 

 right place. The same clip, with the point not turned down, is more 

 convenient often for examining flowers, &c., in the microscope, than 

 using the ordinary stage f orceins ; the petals or other parts of a flower 

 being held down firmly and fiat upon the glass slide during examina- 

 tion. These clips can be readily made by any one, and adjusted as 

 required to difierent degrees of pressure by slightly bending ; they 

 are also supplied by Messrs. Field, of Birmingham, neatly made of 

 light steel wire. 



The Son of a late Fellow. — An effort is being made by some of 

 the Fellows of the Royal Microscopical Society and other charitable 

 persons to obtain votes and other support in behalf of the child of a 

 late Fellov/ of the Society (Mr. Hall). The case is one deserving the 

 sympathy of those who belong to the Society ; and, as charity begins 

 at home, we trust that those who have any power in the matter will 

 exert it for the benefit of the little fellow, who is a candidate at the 

 present election (January) of the London Orphan Asylum, Clapton. 

 The case is strongly recommended by Stanley Vickers, Esq., Sl.P., 

 Victoria Street ; D. De Berdt Hovell, Esq., F.R.C.S.E., Five Houses, 

 Clapton; *P. GowUand, Esq., F.R.C.S., 34, Finsbury Square; H. N. 

 Nissen, Esq., 43, Mark Lane, London ; H. Hughes, Esq., Southcote 

 Lodge, Reading ; C. A. Aylmer, Esq., Peel River Company, London ; 

 *C. Wellborne, Esq., Duke Street, Southwark ; F. Nash, Esq., Lower 

 Norwood ; *H. P. Wellborne, Esq. Adelaide Villa, Brunswick Road, 

 Camberwell ; *Thos. Kesterton, Esq., Sutton, Surrey ; *A. H. Billing, 

 Esq., 9, Carlton Villas, Angell Park, s.w. Proxies will be thankfully 

 received by those marked*. 



New Microscopical Societies. — Three new Societies have been 

 founded in the Provinces, two of which are exclusively microscopical 

 and one partly so. The two first are those of Leamington and Tun- 

 bridge Wells. The third is the " Winchester and Hampshire Scien- 

 tific and Literary Society." The officers of the Tunbridge Wells 

 Society, the prospectus of which T\e have seen, are : — President, Dr. 

 Deakin ; Treasurer, John Stone Wigg, Esq. ; Secretary, Rev. Benjamin 

 Whitelock. 



