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hard, the blades are moderately flexible and the teeth sharp 

 The wide blades have usually about 20 teeth to the inch and the 

 narrow blades about 28 teeth to the inch. A tool of this sort 

 is of constant use in industrial microscopy. 



A tiny tool-makers' vise and tiny steel clamps are necessary 

 adjuncts to the Greenough type binocular microscope. They 

 are employed to hold a specimen firmly, from which particles 

 are pricked out with needles or chiseled out with tiny cold chisels 

 and a tiny hammer. The " set up " for work of this nature is 

 shown in Fig. 30. The removal of particles for subsequent 

 analysis is more conveniently done under the binocular micro- 

 scope than under a simple magnifier. 



The loosening of particles from other material in which these 

 particles are imbedded may often be accomplished by dissect- 

 ing instruments; the most useful of those of small size are illus- 

 trated in Figs. 108, 109 and no. The chemist will find instru- 



Fig. 108. Spear Point Dissecting Needle of " Stellite." Xf. 



ments made of " stellite " 1 superior to those of steel. This alloy 

 is harder than steel, stainless, rustless and resists the attack 



Fig. 109. Knife Needle of " Stellite." Xf. 



of most chemicals with which the instruments come in contact. 

 The author has found them to hold an edge well and to be easily 



Fig. 1 10. " Eye Spud " of " Stellite " converted into a narrow chisel. XI 



sharpened and kept in good condition; their superiority over 

 steel in the chemical laboratory is very great indeed. 



1 " Stellite " is an alloy of cobalt, chromium and tungsten with a little iron, 

 nickel, manganese, carbon and silicon. Dissecting instruments made from this 

 alloy may be obtained from the Haynes Stellite Co., Kokomo, Ind. 



