748 SUMMARY OF CURRENT RESEARCHES, ETC. 



may be lettered and numbered to correspond with letters on the trays 

 and numbers on the slots if desired. When the lid is open I have a 

 classified list of the 500 slides before me for instant reference.''] 



Amer. Mori. Micr. Joum., III. (1882) p. 154. 

 Rogers, W. A. — On Ruling Fine Lines. 



[Abstract of paper presented to the Section of Histology and Microscopy 

 at the Montreal Meeting of the A.A.A.S. Post.'] 



Amer. Mon. Micr. Joum., III. (1882) pp. 165-6. 

 Scott, E. T. — Sections of Coal. 



[" Any one with the least knowledge of chemistry can at once say that 

 the plans given for softening coal .... could not succeed."] 



Sci.-Gossip (1882) pp. 185-6. 

 Seaman, W. H. — Mounting Plant-hairs and Fungi. 



[If rather hard and containing but little water, balsam ; but all the 

 more delicate parts of plants and small fungi require a watery 

 medium such as glycerin-jelly prepared to be fluid at common tem- 

 peratures but stiff at 45° F.]. 



Amer. Mm. Micr. Joum., III. (1882) p. 178. 

 Smith's (J. L.) Preparations of Embryo-chicks. 

 [" Some . . . seem to be absolutely perfect."] 



Amer. Mon. Micr. Joum., III. (1882) p. 178. 

 Stokes, A. W. — Unpressed Mounting for the Microscope. [Post.'] 



Joum. Post. Micr. Soc, I. (1882) pp. 129-35. 

 Taylor, T. — Improved Freezing Microtome. [Post.'] 



Amer. Mon. Micr. Joum., III. (1882) pp. 168-9 (1 fig.). 

 Vickees, G. W. — Killing and Preserving Insects. 



[Approval of C. M. Voice's method, ante, I. (1881) p. 139, and description 

 of his own mode of procedure. " Place a drop of the acid (pure 

 crystallized with just sufficient water added to keep it fluid) on a 

 slide and drop into it the living insect ; it will be seen to struggle 

 for a second or two, then the limbs, wings, and tongue become 

 extended ; it then becomes beautifully clear and transparent. The 

 acid should now be drained away, a drop of balsam put on, the cover 

 applied . . . ."] 



North. Microscopist, II. (1882) p. 227. 

 Ward, R. H. — An Adjustable Spring Clip. [Supra, p. 725.] 



Amer. Natural, XVI. (1882) p. 692 (1 fig.). 

 ,, „ Cereal Foods under the Microscope. 



[Objections to the correctness of Dr. E. Cutter's microscopical analysis 

 of various kinds of flour and meal.] 



Amer. Natural,, XVI. (1882) pp. 692-3. 

 ,, „ The Microscope in the detection of forgery. 

 [Comment on a lecture (in England) by Mr. John Rogers having been 

 founded on Dr. Ward's Presidential Address, see I. (1881) p. 856.] 



Amer. Natural, XVI. (1882) p. 763. 

 West, T. — An Hour at the Microscope. 



[Nine notes on various objects, including two on mounting Funaria 

 hygrometrica and Flustra foliacea.~] 



Joum. Post. Micr. Soc, I. (1882) pp. 145-50 (3 pis.). 

 Whitman, C. 0. — Methods of Microscopical Research in the Zoological Station 

 in Naples. 



[Transl. of P. Mayer's article, ante, III. (1880) p. 551.] 



Amer. Natural, XVI. (1882) pp. 697-706. 



