APPENDIX. 101 



Files. 



Fine saw mounted in wooden handle. 



Punches, two or three. 



Hammer. 



Wooden block. 



Pliers, two pairs, one of them cutting. 



Old knives. 



Glass slips, 3x1 inch. 



Thin glass : squares \ oz., circles ^ oz. 



Wire, &c. 



The following chemicals &c. will also be wanted : 



Solution of gum arabic in bottle with brush in the stopper of the same. 

 Glass bottle with a glass tube in the stopper, tilled with Canada balsam. 

 Distilled water (with a lump of camphor in it to prevent any confervoid 



growths &c.) in a large stoppered bottle. 

 Liquid potassa fusa, strength 1 part potassa to 8 parts water. 

 Distilled Canada balsam. 



Turpentine. Chloride of calcium. 



Ether. Silicate of potassa. 



Ammonia. Lime-water. 



Benzole. Test-papers. 



Chloroform. Sulphuric acid. 



Glycerine. Nitric acid. 



Alcohol. Hydrochloric acid. 



Methylated spirit. Acetic acid. 



Essential oil of lemon. Gum-dammar. 



Syrup. Marine glue. 



Judson's dyes, three colours. Caoutchouc cement. 



Nitrate of silver. Berlin black (a varnish). 



Iodine. Gutta percha, &c. 



Having now mentioned nearly all the things requisite for 

 an amateur, we will next proceed to the preparation and 

 mounting of a few objects, so as to give the reader an insight 

 into the matter. 



There are three forms of mounting chiefly used, viz. in 

 balsam, dry, and in fluid or semifluid. All these methods 

 should be tried upon the matter that may come into the 

 student's hands, as the full structure and beauty is often 

 lost from the specimen being mounted in an imperfect 

 manner. Canada balsam, although it has its faults, appears 

 to be at present the most reliable substance in which the 



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