810 SUMMABY OF CURRENT RESEARCHES RELATING TO 



GiACOMiNi. — Nuovo Microscopio per I'esame delle sezioni deH'intero encefalo 



umano adulto. (New Microscope for the examination of sections of the entire 



human adult brain.) [Post.'] Giorn. R. Ac cad. Med. Torino, 1883 (1 fig.)- 



Gazz. delle Clin., 1883, p. 528, Cf. Zeitschr.f. Wiss. Mikr., I. (1884) 



pp. 427-9 (2 figs.). 

 Gravis, A. — Microscope a grand champ de A. Nachet. (Microscope with large 

 field of view, by A. Nachet.) ISupra, p. 797.] 



Bull. Soc. Belg. Mikr., X. (1884) pp. 194-7. 

 Geove, W. B. — A Synopsis of the Bacteria and Yeast Fungi and Allied Species. 

 (Schizomycetes and Saccharomycetes.) [Contains Appendix A, pp. 101-2, 

 " On the Unit of Micrographical Measurement " [posf], and Appendix B, 

 pp. 103-4, " On the staining of ' Bacillus tuberculosis,' " describing Koch's, 

 Ehrlich's, Gibbes', and Prideaux's methods (supra, p. 787).] vi. and 112 pp. 

 (87 figs.), 8vo, London, 1884. 

 GuEBHAKU, A. — Puissance et grossissement des appareils dioptriques. (Magni- 

 fying power of dioptric instruments.] \_Post.'] 



Eev. Scientifique, XXXI. (1883) pp. 804-11 (5 figs.). 

 Transl. Centrahtg. f. Optik. u. Mech., V. (1884) pp. 183-8 (6 figs.), 194-7. 

 Hanausek, E. — Eine zweckmassige Mikroskopierlampe. (An efi"ective micro- 

 ^ scopical lamp.) 



[A petroleum lamp made by Bob. Eiihe, at Landsberg a. W. Over the 

 glass chimney is placed a metal structure of white composition, consisting 

 of a conical tube inclosing the glass chimney, to which is attaclied a fixed 

 metal cylinder placed obliquely. This latter is closed at the lower end 

 by a convex lens of small curvature, and permits the application of a 

 blue glass plate.] 



Fachztg. f. Warenkunde, 1883, No. 6, p. 32. 

 Cf. Bat. Centralbl., XVIII. (1884) p. 53. 

 Hayes, E. A. — Notes on Microphotographic methods. \_Supra, p. 804.] 



ProG. R. Irish. Acad. (Sci.), IV. (1884) pp. 59-51. 



Hedbck, H. van. — Entgegnung auf den Artikel des Herrn Stein : Die Verwendung 



des elektrischen Gllihlichtes zu mikroskopischen Untersuchungen, &c. (Reply 



to Stein's paper, "Tlie application of the electric incandescence light to 



microscopical investigations, &c.) 



[Same as the French protest, ante, p. 682.] 



Zeitschr. f. Wiss. Mikr., I. (1884) pp. 419-22. 

 Hitchcock, R. — The Electric Light in Microscopy. \^Post.'\ 



Amer. Man. Micr. Journ., V. (1884) pp. 138-9. 

 „ „ Growing Slides, or Microscopical Vivaria. 



[Charters White's, and J. D. Hardy's, I. (1881) p. 671.] 



Amer. Man. Micr. Journ., V. (1884) p. 141 (1 fig.). 

 HoLLEY, G. W. — Suggestions for improvement in the manufacture of glass. . , . 

 [Proposal " to improve the quality of glass by introducing silver into its 

 composition."] 



Journ. Frankl. Institute, CXVIII. (1884) pp. 132-8. 

 Janney, R. — Simple Solar Microscope. [Pos^.] 



Scientific American, L. (1884) p. 276 (1 fig.). 

 KoEiTSKA, F. — Norme pratiche per 1' uso del Microscopio. (Practical rules for 



the use of the Microscope.) 14 pp. 32mo. Milano, 1883. 

 LiMONT, W. — Notes on Modern Forms of the Microscope. 



[" When it can possibly be afforded, an English skeleton Microscope on 

 the American (Jackson-Zentmayer) model should be got by students and 

 others. ... In no case is it a good investment to buy a foreign first-class 

 instrument, and in most cases a first-class English ' skeleton ' Microscope 

 should be got in preference to a third-class Microscope, either English or 

 foreign."] 



Proc. Phil. Soc. Glasgow, XV. (1883-4) p. 118. 

 Meecee, F. W. — Incandescent Lamps and Accumulators in Photo-micrography. 

 [Describes Swan and Edison lamps, and a " small and very portable accu- 

 mulator made on the Faure principle," with practical directions.] 



Photography, I. (1884) pp. 147-9 (4 figs.). 



