812 SUMMARY OF CURRENT RESEARCHES RELATING TO 



S., S. C— See Osborne, S. G. 



ScHOFTLEB und Smolakz. — Das elektrisclie Gewehr, elektriscbe Minenziindung', 

 elektrische Distanzmesser und das Gastroskop. 8vo, Wien, 1884, pp. 93-109, 

 (17 figs.)- Extr. from ' Die Elektricitat und der Magnetismus.' 

 [Describes the Gastroscope, III. (1883) p. 420.] 



Sexton's (L. E.) retirement from business. 



Amer. Mm. Micr. Journ., V. (1884) pp. 158-9. 



St. Clair, G. — Note on a possible source of error in photographing Blood- 

 corpuscles. [_Fost.'] 



Nature, XXX. (1884) p. 495. 



Stein, T. — Die Verwendung des elektrisehen Gliihlichtes zum mikroskopischen 

 Untersuchungen und mikrophotographisehen Dai'stellungen, (The applica- 

 tion of the electric incandescence light to microscopical investigations and 

 photo-micrography.) 



[Additions to his original paper, ante p. 466, describing the battery of five 

 elements which he uses.] 



Centralztg. f. Optik u. Mech., V. (1884) pp. 170-1 (1 fig.). 



Stewart, C. — Polarized Light. 



[Report of Demonstration.] Journ. QueJi. Micr. Club, II. (1884) pp. 37-41. 



St. Joseph (Mo.) Microscopical Society formed. 



The Microscope, IV. (1884) p. 165. 

 St. Louis Society of Microscopists. 



[Adoption of a rule requiring each member to furnish six slides annually to 

 the Society's cabinet.] 



Science Record, II. (1884) p. 233. 

 Stowell, C. H. — High angles or low angles ? 



[As to the superiority for a physician of a 1/4 in. objective of 75° over one 

 of 100°.] 



The Microscope, IV. (1884) p. 180. 

 „ „ Mr. Griffith's new box. 



[Facetious anecdote of a person to whom Mr. Griffith exhibited his Micro- 

 scope and who thought the box the " handsomest he ever saw."] 



The Microscope, IV. (1884) pp. 180-1. 

 ToLMAN, H. T. — Photo-micrography with an Eye-piece. 

 [Directions for photo-micrography generally.] 



Photography, I. (1884) pp. 124-6. 



ViGuiEE, C. — Note sur un nouveau Compresseur a verres mobiles. (Note on a 

 new compressor with movable glasses.) [^Post.l 



Arch. Zool. Exper. et Gen., II. (1884) pp. xii.-xvi. (5 figs.). 

 Wales' (W.) High-power lens for use with the Binocular. 



[Apparently the same as that described III. (1880) p. 1050.] 



Amer. Mon. Micr. Journ., V. (1884) p. 139. 

 Wheeler's (E.) retirement from business. Sci.-Gossip, 1884, p. 184. 



Woodward, J. J., death of. Times, 17th September, 1884. 



WoRMLEY, T. G. — Microscopic Science. 



[Abstr. of an address to the Section of Histology and Microscopy of the 

 Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 



[Describes the advantages and possibilities of two special applications of 

 the Microscope : first, to the detection of very minute quantities of certain 

 poisons, notably arsenic, by the examination of the sublimate ; second, to 

 the examination of blood stains. Also the limits within which identifica- 

 tion of different animals, and the recognition of human blood, is feasible ; 

 he denied that human blood can be absolutely identified ; he also stated 

 that the result of prolonged experiments indicated that pure water is the 

 best reagent for restoring tlie blood-corpuscles in a stain to their natural 

 condition.] 



Science, IV. (1884) p. 244. 



