Dec, 1904.] 



KNOWLEDGE & SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



305 



A Microphotograph of Fossil CoqlI. 



THEaccompanyinff Microphoto-raph of Fosiil Coal is one of those with-which Mr.Thos E. Freshwater, F.K.M.S., F.K.P.S., 

 won ri.re? Medal this year at"the St. Louis International Exhibitio,,, and ,s re,,roduced|by h.s '^""^^'-"^^ P^;"";;^'""- .^f; 

 coal of which it is a photograph occurs at Beith, in Scotland; and the photograph was. taken on an Ilford ordin.ir> plate, 

 with a Zeiss Planar lens, 2oni/m. focus ; at an angle of 65 deg.,and with a 24-mch extension of the camera. 



