566 SUMMARY OF CURRENT RESEARCHES RELATING TO 



saturated with water ; lay the tadpole in between on the glass, tail flat ; 

 cover the body over with saturated blotting-paper, the tail (if necessary) 

 with thin glass. Keep the whole well saturated, and the tadpole will 

 live tor many exhibitions."] 



Engl. Mech., XXXV. (1882) p. 284 (1 fig.). 

 Ollaed, J. A. — The Microscopist's Companion. 



[Description of a support for pocket lens with forceps and Forrest's 

 Compressoiium.] 



Engl. Mech., XXXV. (1882) p. 330 (2 figs.). 



Pelletan, J. — [Announcement of an intended publication of papers on (1) The 

 theory of the Microscope ; (2) The theory, construction, and use of Objectives ; 

 (3) Microscopes.] 



Joum. de Microgr., VI. (1882) p. 206. 

 See also Bev. Mycologique, IV. (1882) p. 198. 

 Postal Microscopical Society's Journal. 

 [Notice of Nos. 1 and 2.] 



Amer. Natural, XVI. (1882) p. 533. 

 Sci.-Gossip, 1882, p. 186. 

 President's Address. 



[Abstract in part and note, " As a whole it is one of the best, most clear, 

 sensible, and intelligible presidential addresses that it has been our 

 good fortune to read for some time."] 



Amer. Mon. Micr. Joum., III. (1882) pp. 106-11, 116. 



Proctor, K. A. — The Eyes of Science. 



[Deals principally with the extension of the power of human vision by 

 photographic processes and methods — brief reference to the Telescope, 

 Microscope, Spectroscope, &c] 



Knowledge, II. (1882) pp. 54-5. 



Bedding, T. B.— The Microscope : its revelations, with some of their bearings 

 upon Christian Evidences. 



Acton Lectures.. 8vo, Indianapolis, 1881, pp. 129-48. 



Beynier, E. — An Electric Battery for the Laboratory and Dwelling- 

 house. 



[Translation from La Nature, describing the battery mentioned ante, 

 pp. 418-9.] 



North. Microscopist, II. (1882) pp. 147-50. 



BouMEGtERE, C. — Le Microscope populaire en Amerique. (Popular Microscopy 

 in America.) 



[Note as to the rapid progress made in the New World by micrography, 

 with special reference to the Michigan University and Ann Arbor 

 Soirees.] 



Bev. Mycologique, IV. (1882) pp. 199-200. 



Seibert, W. — Anwendung des Topler'schen Schlieren-Apparates auf Mikro- 

 skope. (Use of the Topler Apparatus in Microscopy.) [Post.] 



Zeitsohr. f. Instrumentenk., II. (1882) pp. 92-6 (3 figs.). 

 Abstr. in Centr.-Ztg. f. Opt. u. Mech., III. (1882) p. 105 (2 figs.). 



Sidle, J. W.— See Bulloch, W. H. 

 Sidle's Iris Diaphragms and " Acme " Stands. 

 [Brief description.] 



North. Microscopist, II. (1882) pp. 190-1. 



Steinheil's Eye-pieces. See this Journal, supra, p. 551. 



Engl. Mech., XXXV. (1882) p. 458. 

 Stokes, A. W.— A Tadpole Slide. 



[Objections to the plan of " Volvox " (ante, p. 438), as it prevents the use 

 of a higher power than the | in. ; it never ensures the tail lying flat 

 from end to end, and the use of chloroform retards the circulation. 

 Description of his own Tadpole Slide (ante, p. 110).] 



Engl. Mech., XXXV. (1882) pp. 237-8 (1 fig.). 



