ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY, MICROSCOPY, ETC. 339 



Michael, A. D. — President's Inaugural Address. 



[Personal remarks — Future of the Club— Exhortation to younger mcniLers 

 to communicate the results of their observations to the meetings " without 

 fear of being laughed at."] 



Joxini. Quek. Micr. Club, II. (1886) pp. 215-8. 

 Microscope, Microscopic, Microscopical. 



[Recommendation to use " Microscope " for parts of the Microscope, as 

 Microscope-stand ; " microscopic " for objects or features too minute to be 

 appreciated by the naked eye ; and " microscopical " for uses to which 

 the term " microscopic," as above restricted, would be inappropriate.] 



Journ. New York Micr. Soc, I. (Ib85) p. 209. 

 Miller, M. N. — Photo-micrography. 



[Reply to Editor's criticism on the author's metliods that they require 

 expensive ajiparatus, &c. The highest results " caimot be got without 

 expensive appliances and special surroundings."] 



Amer. Mon. Micr. Journ., VII. (1886) pp. 19-20. 

 Monkeying with the Microscope. 



[Advice to medical readers not to purchase a Microscope to " furnish the 

 office," nor to " mount scores of slides," which should not be done " unless 

 for recreation or as a hobby."] 



The Microscope, VI. (1886) p. 42, from Indiana Med. Journ. 

 Nelson, E. M. — The Rev. James Campbell's Fine Adjustment. 



\_Supra, p. 324.] Engl. Mcch., XLII. (1886) p. 443 (1 fig.). 



„ „ Central v. Oblique Light. [-Styjra, p. 322.] 



Ibid., pp. 451-2 (3 figs.), pp. 527-8 (5 figs.). 

 „ „ [Magnifying Power of Lenses.] Ibid., pp. 515-6- 



„ „ The New Abbe-Zeiss Microscope Objective. \_Supra, p. 321.] 



Engl. Mech., XLIII. (1886j pp. 61-2. 

 „ „ Historic Microscopy. 



[Brief descriptions of some simple and compound Microscopes from 1590 

 to 1831.] 



Journ. Quek. Micr. Club, II. (1886) pp. 222-9 and 247. 

 „ „ On a method of equalizing the thickness of slips when using 



an oil-immersion condenser. ^Ante, p. 131.] 



Ibid., p. 230. 

 One who know s. — This Journal, 



[Reply to F.R.A.S., supra.} Engl. Mech., XLII. (1886) p. 474 and 516. 



„ „ „ Central v. Oblique Light. 



[Pointing out that Mr. Nelson's letter, supra, in stating that the object of 

 Mr. Stephenson's paper (ante, p. 37) was to " discountenance the use of 

 central illumination," &c., was a strange mistake, as tiie paper " from 

 beginning to end contains not a word or a hint on what Mr. Nelson 

 declares to have been its object ! "] 



Ibid., p. 469, 

 Outers ridge, A. E., Jun. — Matter, including Eadiant Matter. 



[Supra, p. 336.] Amer. Mon. Micr. Journ., VII. (1886) pp. 37-8. 



PiEESOL, J. A. — Photo-micrography at the work-table. \_Post.'] 



Amer. 3fon. Micr. Journ., VII. (1886) pp. 24-5. 

 President's Address. Times, 15th February 1886; Sci.-Gossip, 1886, p. 67. 



Presidents, Portraits of. Nature, XXXIII. (1886) p. 327. 



Professional Microscopy. 



[" There is, then, a science of microscopy. Its mastery is peculiarly difficult, 

 requiring rare sagacity and dexterity, and a lifetime of devotion, and its 

 study has become a profession. This fact is not known to all, it having 

 grown too fast for any but a watchful eye to keep pace witii it. ' There is 

 no science of microscopy — the Microscope is only an instrument,' was said 

 in our hearing a few days ago. A gun is but an instrument ; yet is there 

 not a science of gunnery ? and its acquisition is an indispen,sible part of 



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