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It is also an excellent stand to take to 

 Microscopical Society meetings for it may 

 be put into a small hand-bag, which can 

 be carried much more easily and comfort- 

 ably than the square box usually carried. 

 In addition to its good qualities as a travel- 

 ler, the specimen of this stand which I 

 have possesses other excellencies. It is 

 heavy, firm, with a low, solid stage, a 

 tripod foot, a short tube capable of elong- 

 ation, adjustments of extreme accuracy 

 and smoothness, the coarse by rack and 

 pinion, the fine by a long sensitive lever, 

 ^d it cost only twenty five dollars. 



W. H. M. 



MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETIES 



At a meeting of the Camden SOCIETY, 

 on May 4th, Mr. J. Carbutt, exhibited his 

 apparatus for dry-plate photography, us- 

 ing his lantern specially arranged for that 

 purpose. A good feature of his apparatus 

 is the use of rubber balls beneath the 

 base-board to prevent vibration. 



The Iron City Microscopical 

 Club, is a new association which has 

 started with fair prospects of a prosperous 

 future. The President is Dr. T. J. Gal- 

 laher, and the Corresponding Secretary is 

 Prof. J. H, Logan, 198 Penn Avenue, 

 Pittsburg. An interesting meeting was 

 held on the evening of June 5th, at which 

 Dr. R. C. Jillson. read an article upon 

 diatoms, after which a number of objects, 

 and instruments were exhibited. 



A regular meeting of the CENTRAL 

 New York Microscopical Club was 

 held in Syracuse, Tuesday evening April 

 25th, when a number of interesting ob- 

 jects were exhibited, including one show- 

 ing the heart's action, and capillary circu- 

 lation of blood in a young trout, by Dr. 

 Clifford Mercer ; the palate and teeth of 

 a snail, and a beatifully stained section of 

 the Symplocarpus fcetidus, showing the 

 cellular and glandular structure of the 

 plant, by Dr. Chas. E. Slocum. 



In the order of business and discussion, 

 great gratification was expressed by the 

 members at the success which attended 

 the soiree, held April 14th and 15th, at 

 the Keble School buildings, where there 

 were eighty or more microscopes, with 

 their varied and excellent exhibits. 



The regular meeting of the Wellesley 

 College Society, was held March 25th, 

 the President in the chair. After the 

 reading of the minutes the evening was 



devoted to a variety of subjects ; chiefly 

 to reports upon the character and contents 

 of the various journals of science and 

 microscopy, which are placed upon the 

 library table every month. 



The regular meeting for April 29th, 

 postponed to May 6th, was held with the 

 President in the chair. After the reading 

 of the minutes a paper on Insectivorous 

 Plants was read by Miss Clarke; this was 

 very fully illustrated by elaborate black- 

 board drawings and by living specimens. 

 This was followed by a report by Miss 

 Adgate, upon the most interesting articles 

 in the various journals of microscopy for 

 the current month. Miss Emerson then 

 read a paper on Polarized Light. After 

 this, Professor Whiting gave an exhibition 

 of thin rock-sections by polarized light 

 with the lantern. After the transaction 

 of business, the Society adjourned to the 

 laboratory, where a number of objects 

 were exhibited. 



A Microscopical Society has recently 

 been reorganized in Cleveland, 0„ with 

 the following named officers : Dr. W. B. 

 Rezner, President ; Dr. C. B Parker, Vice- 

 President ; C. M. Vorce, Esq., Secretary; 

 and Dr. Robert Dayton, Treasurer. 

 Meetings are to be held on the first and 

 third Tuesdays of each month. 



A meeting was held June 20th. 



Dr. C. B. Parker, gave an instructive 

 address on the sealing of glycerin mounts. 



Dr. Robert Dayton, read an interesting 

 paper on the method of producing brilliant 

 crystals of copper, exhibiting a collection 

 of very fine slides of these objects. 



Dr. Allen Y. Moore, addressed the So- 

 ciety on the subject of Blood, describing, 

 and practically illustrating, his method of 

 double-staining and mounting blood-cor- 

 puscles. 



The discussion regarding the subjects 

 named brought out many interesting 

 facts, and exhibited a very active interest 

 on the part of the members of the Society. 



A Microscopical Section has been form- 

 ed by members of the Bridgeport 

 Scientific Society, having already six- 

 teen active members. 



NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



Photographyivith Emulsions: A Treat- 

 ise on the Theory and Practical Work- 

 ing of Gelatine and Collodion Emulsion 

 Processes. By Captain W. De W. Ab- 

 ney. R. E., F. R. S. New York : Sco- 



