INDEX 



Killing specimens, 306. 

 Kircher, 23, 26, 36. 



Laminaria, 230. 



Leaf, bloom, 101 ; cabbage, 

 100; folded, 101; hair, 

 101; heather, 101; iris, 

 100 ; marram grass, 101 ; 

 rolled, 101 ; structure, 

 100; veins, 103; water 

 lily, 100. 



Leeuwenhoek, 19, 85, 86, 

 37, 38. 



Lenses, perfect, 49; shapes 

 of, 44. 



Lice, 23, 31, 198; water, 

 79 ; wood, 79, 135. 



Light, 40; rays, 41. 



Limestone, 131. 



Linen, 264. 



Linnaeus, 39. 



Liver fluke, 33, 76, 188. 



'Lophopus CrystallinuSf 76. 



Lung books, 116. 



Magnetite, 129. 

 Magnification, to increase, 



64. 

 Malaria, 173. 

 Malpighi, 23, 31, 32. 

 Marble bleb, 210. 

 Mealy bug, 206. 

 Mechanical stage, 65. 

 Medical work, 26. 

 Mercer, 263. 

 Mercerised cotton, 263. 

 Mermaid's fingers, 211. 

 Miall, 37. 

 Mica, 126, 129. 

 Micrococci, 159. 

 Micrographia, 29. 



Micro-chemical analysis, 



257. 

 Microscope, choice of, 291 ; 



making, 29; stand, 5Q; 



tube, 57 ; use of, 59. 

 Microscopia, ludicra, 19 ; 



seria, 19. 

 Mildew, 183 ; gooseberry, 



188; rose, 187. 

 Milk, examination of, 138; 



bacteria in, 154. 

 Money spinner, 115. 

 Monogrnptus, 135. 

 lloTphisL, 259. 

 Mother of pearl, 122. 

 Mouffet, 18, 23. 

 Mould, 289. 

 Mouth of butterfly, 195; 



fly, 195; gnat, 196; 



green fly, 196; pan- 



gonia, 196; stable fly 



196. 

 Mud, 129. 

 Mushroom, 182. 

 Musical insects, 204. 

 Mussel, swan, 77. 

 Mustard, 145. 



Nectar, 32. 

 Nicotine, 93. 

 Nostocy 144, 259. 



Ocular, 56. 



Objective, 56, 63; choice 



of, 292. 

 Oscillatoria, 89. 



Paper, 145, 265; cotton 

 rag, 266; hemp, 266; 

 linen rag, 266; manu- 

 facture, 126, 260. 



Parasites of house fly, 200. 

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