168 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY [Sept 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



For Sale. — A $45 microscope stand for $25. Address : 

 W. A. Murrill, Ithaca, N. Y. 



Books. — How to Photograph Microscopic Objects by 

 Jenning-s, 75 cents ; Photography applied to the Micros- 

 cope, by F. W. Mills, $1.00. Sent postpaid, by Outing- Co., 

 Ltd. 241 Fifth avenue. New York City. 



Indiana Academy of Science.— Officers for 1898 : Prest. 

 C. A. Waldo, Purdue Univ.; Vice-Prest. C. H. Eigen- 

 mann, Indiana Univ.; Secy. J. S. Wright, Indianapolis ; 

 Asst-Secys., A. J. Bigney, Moore's Hill College, G. W. 

 Benton, Indianapolis ; Treas. G. W. Benton, Indianapolis. 



Mirror Loup. — A new mirror loup has been made by 

 E. M. Nelson which is serviceable either in day-light or 

 b}^ the light of a paraffin lamp. 



New Binocular. — Beck has produced a portable binocu- 

 lar of same general character as his National but made so 

 as to remove the stage entirely from the stand for con- 

 venience in packing. The stand is large, fitted with a 

 centering apparatus and suitable for pond work. 



A New Station. — A biological station containing aquaria, 

 laboratories, rooms for collections and library is in course 

 of erection near Sebastopol, on the Black Sea. It is ex- 

 pected that the building will be opened for scientific work 

 during the present year. 



Mountains. — At an altitude of 2,000 feet a search for 

 microbes proved fruitless in Switzerland and presumably 

 would elsewhere. 



Wolmer Forest. — The Guilford Natural History and 

 Microscopical Society has succeeded in securing the pro- 

 tection of birds, foxes, etc. in this forest. 



Carbondioxide Crystals. — When solid carbondioxide is 

 examined under the microscope, wire-like crystals may be 

 seen along its edges. Branching filaments issue from 

 them apparently at right angles and somewhat resemble 

 the groups of minute crystals seen in crystallised iron, 

 gold and ammonium cloride. 



