CHAPTER XX 



THE MICROSCOPE AND CAMERA ALLIED 



PHOTOGRAPHY is such a popular hobby in 

 these days, that the enthusiast who possesses 

 both camera and microscope, is certain, 

 sooner or later, to wish to take permanent records 

 of some of the beautiful objects revealed to him by 

 the latter instrument. The production of high-power 

 photo-micrographs, as the pictures of highly magni- 

 fied objects are called, can only be carried out by 

 those who are skilled in the use of both camera 

 and microscope and are possessed of considerable 

 patience. There is nothing to prevent any amateur 

 photographer who possesses a bellows camera — box 

 cameras cannot be used for this work — from pro- 

 ducing excellent low-power photo-micrographs, that 

 is to say pictures of objects less highly magnified. 



It may be disappointing to learn that a micro- 

 scope is not necessary for this work. The require- 

 ments are, a camera which will open out to a 

 considerable extent and a short focus lens. Before 

 we show how the pictures may be taken, we must 



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