CHAPTER III. 



HOW TO MAKE A SIMPLE MICROSCOPIC OUTFIT. 



LENS ADAPTER FOR CAMERA. How TO TAKE 

 A PHOTOGRAPH SAME SIZE AS OBJECT WITH 

 ORDINARY PHOTOGRAPHIC LENS. TILTING 

 TABLE FOR CAMERA IN A VERTICAL POSITION. 



Camera benches are catalogued at all prices 

 from 5 to 60, exclusive of microscope ; yet an 

 efficient microscope and camera bench combined 

 may be made, capable of working up to high 

 powers, at a small cost, and it will possess the 

 essentials of the more expensive instruments. In 

 fact, the apparatus shown in the illustrations 

 described hereafter will enable one to photograph 

 a very wide range of objects. 



To one who can do his own woodwork, the only 

 article to be purchased is a short tube made to 

 receive a full-sized eyepiece at one end and an 

 ordinary objective at the other. The complete 

 stand might be put on the market at a selling price 

 of about 2os., which would probably be an induce- 

 ment for some photographers to try another branch 

 of an interesting hobby. 



Fig. i is a photograph showing the whole of 

 the parts in position and ready for work. 



In describing the general arrangement, I may 

 say that the baseboard may consist of only one 



