54 ANIMAL EESOUECES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



47. APPAEATUS FOR MAKING AND PRESERVING ALCO 

 HOLIC SPECIMENS— Continued. 



a. Tanks and jars : 



Army collecting-tank. 



Museum storage-tank, Agassiz model, 



Anatomical jars. 



Self-sealing jars, used in collecting. 



Phials. 



Tube- phials. 



b. Syringes for injecting. 



c. Inflatable bags. 



d. Preservative mixtures: 



Alcohol. 

 Glycerine. 

 Carbolic acid. 

 Chloral hydrate. 

 Picric acid. 

 Osmic acid. 



e. Labels: 



Metallic labels. 

 Parchment labels. 

 Indelible inks, pencils, &c, 

 IS. APPARATUS FOR PRESERVING AND MAKING SKELE 

 TONS. 



a. Preparation of the bones : 



Macerating- vats. 



Boiling-vats. 



Cleansing and bleaching preparation. 



b. Mounting of the bones : 



Scraping-tools. 

 Articul a ting-tools. 

 40. APPARATUS FUR MAKING CASTS. MODELING. 

 a. Materials : 

 Clays. 

 Plasters. 

 Glues. 



Papier-mache and carton pierre. 

 Gelatine. 

 Paraffine. 

 Collodion. 



