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tion at a recent meeting. The officers are V. A. Moore, presi- 

 dent ; E. A. Gibbs, vice-president; W. W. Alleger, correspond- 

 ing secretary ; L. AI. Moores, recording secretary ; J. M. Yznaga, 

 treasurer, and W. H. Seaman, curator. 



Postal Microscopical Club. — Tlie management of the 

 American Postal Microscopical Club announces that Dr. S. G. 

 Shanks, of Albany, N. Y., has consented to assume the office of 

 secretary of the club, which has unavoidably been vacant for some 

 time past. The Doctor will take charge of the department of 

 slides and their circulation ; and all communications pertaining 

 thereto should hereafter be sent directly to him. 



Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. — In speaking of the visit to 

 this well-known firm's optical works during the recent meeting 

 of the American Microscopical Society in Rochester, the society's 

 report says : " Nearly two hours were occupied by the visitors in 

 inspecting the works and in endeavoring to see at a glance what 

 could not be satisfactorily seen in two days. All. of the five hun- 

 dred employes of the factory were at work, and the tour of 

 the various departments was extremely interesting. All ques- 

 tions were answered by the guides with the utmost courtesy ; the 

 spectacled professor was enabled to see just how his spectacles 

 were made, from the edge of the rim to the centre of the lens; 

 the enthusiastic microscopist could there watch his instrument 

 grow under his eyes, from its beautiful heavy brass standards to 

 the tiny lens against which he so often places his eye ; the photo- 

 graphic expert could here witness the making of all the finest ap- 

 paratus which modern invention is adding to the art of photogra- 

 phv. In fact, the great budding, from its throbbing Corliss engine 

 below to its classifying-rooms at the top, w^ a rare treat to the 

 visitors and one thoroughly appreciated by them. 



MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETIES. 



The St. Louis Ci.ub of Microscopists. — S. E. Barber, 

 Secretary. 



October 7, i8g2. — The regular meeting was held at Secretary S. 

 E. Barber's rooms, 1721 Washington ave. Mr. R. E. Schlueter 

 was unanimously elected a member. The club discussed the ad- 

 visability of giving a microscopical soiree in the near future, 

 which met with much favor. The same will be discussed more 

 fully at the next meeting, and the date of its occurrence will be 

 settled. This soiree will be given in the rooms of the new St. 

 Louis College of Pharmacy, 3108 and 21 10 Locust street, and 

 members from all clubs in" the U. S. will be invited, as well as 

 all leading microscopists. Ladies will also be invited, and the 



