436 SUMMARY OF CURRENT RESEARCHES RELATING TO 



Cheeseman, E. L. — Home-made Apparatus for Collgcting. 



[Bottle-holder to be attached to a stick made of a narrow strip of slieet 

 brass, and an ordinary gimlet-pointed wood-screw with the head 

 flattened.] 



Amer. Mon. Micr. Jouni., III. (1882) p. 61 (1 fig.). 

 Cnal-sections, Cutting. 



[Notes by A. Smith, E. Holmes, and W. D. Smith, on Mr. Kittou's note 

 i7ifra — agreeing as to the failure of the carbonate of potash proce-s.] 



Sci.-Gossip, 1882, pjj. 113-4. 

 Cotton Fibre, Structure of. 



[Review of Dr. F. H. Bowman's book, ante, \i. 119, with additional 

 remarks.] 



Amer. Natural, XVI. (1882) pp. 431-2. 

 Dyck, F. C. van. — Apparent Motions of Objects. 



Amer. Mon. Micr. Journ., III. (1882) pp. 72-3. 

 Elcock, C. — How to Prepare Foraminifera. 



[For recent Foraminifera /ro)«, sand, such as shore-gatherings, dredgings, 

 &c. — 1. Well wash in fresh water to remove the salt. 2. Dry pei-fectly, 

 and allow to get cold. 8. Sift (.sieve No. 50 or HO). 4. Float the fine 

 material in cold fresh water. 5. Dry the floatings. Perhaps it may 

 also be found needful to — 6. Boil tlie floatings in liquor-pot'issa;, B. P. 

 7. Wash away every trace of putash. 8. Dry. 9. Ke-float in a beaker. 

 10. Dry again ready for mounting.] 



Jotini. Post. Micr. Soc, I. (1882) pp. 25-9. 

 Ekock, F. — Metal Caps for Glycerine Mounts. 



Journ. Quek. Micr. Club, I. (1881) p. 40. 

 Fleming, J. — Mounting Volvox Glohator in Glycerine Jelly. 



[After a month's time the Volvox mounted in glycerine jelly, boiling, «&c. 

 in the usual way, " is jierfect in form and colour, and the success of 

 the attempt goes to prove that tliis Alga can be treated like any 

 other, and may be boiled and pressed witiiout the destruction of its 

 shape."] 



North. Microscopist, II. (1882) p. 129. 

 GoTTSCHAU, — . — Mikrotomklammer fiir Keil- und plan-para Uele Hchnitte. 

 (Microtome-clamp for wedge-shaped and plane sections.) 



SB. Phys.-Mcd. Gesell. Wiirzb'mj, 1881, pp. 123-5. 

 Gkaff, T. S. U. de.— Resolution of Fasoldt's 18-band plate, and last band of 

 19-band plate. 



[_Supra, p. 416.] 



Bausch 4' Bomb Optical Co.'s Supplement to Cataluijue, Feb. 1882, p. 6. 

 Green, J. H. — Cleaning and Mounting Gizzards. 



[Kill the insect in spirit and leave for 3 or 4 weeks to harden. On 

 opening the gizzard the loose partich s of food or dirt can be waslicd 

 out by Mr. Nicholson's (infra} or other ])lans. — Mount in slightly 

 acidulated glycerine (not balsam) in a cell of gold-size.] 



Journ. Post. Micr. Soc, I. (1882) p. 49. 

 Groves, J. W. — Improved Ether Freezing Microtome. 

 [^jM^ra, p. 432.] 



Journ. Quek. Micr. Club, I. (1882) pp. 43-4. 

 Marsh's Microscopical Section-cutting, 2nd ed. 1882, pp. 60-8 (1 fig-). 

 Hatch, H. — Microscopical Laboratories. 



[Remarks on article by Dr. J. W. Crumbaugh, a7itc, p. 287, who, he 

 considers, desires to surround the student with too much and too 

 expensive ijaraphernalia, discouraging him at the start.] 



Amer. Mon. Micr. Journ., III. (1882) pp. 51-2. 

 Hitchcock, R. — Ruled Bands. 

 [_Supra, p. 415.] 



Amer. Mon. Micr. Journ., III. (1882) pp. 52-3. 

 „ „ Illumination and Resolution. 



[Directions for resolving Amphipleura pellncida — in many cases of failure 

 the fault is entirely in the illumination.] 



Amer. Moa, Micr. Journ., III. (1882) pp. 53-4, 



