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49. APPARATUS FOR MAKING CASTS, &c.— Continued. 



b. Frames and modeling tools. 



c. Molds : 



Of plaster. 

 Of gelatine. 

 Of paper. 

 Of paraffine. 



50. APPARATUS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND MOUNT 

 ING SKINS. TAXIDERMY. 



a. Tools: 



Flaying-tools. 



Scraping-tools. 



Taxidermists' tools for stuffing : 



Forceps. 



Pliers. 



b. Preservatives and insect-powders: 



Arsenic and arsenical soap. 

 Corrosive sublimate. 

 Salt, alum, &c. 

 Persian insect-powder. 



Syringes for application of insect-powder. 

 Tobacco, snuff, used as preservatives, 

 e. Frames, &c. : 



Wooden frames. 

 Wire frames. 

 Plaster model-bodies. 



51. (ACCESSORY.) PHOTOGRAPHIC AND OTHER DELINEAT 

 ING APPARATUS. 



a. Photographic apparatus : 



Lenses. 



Cameras and fittings. 



Camera tripods and stands, with model. 



Fish Commission stands. 



i 

 Plates, and their results : 



Wet plates. 



Dry plates. 



Dark closets. 



b. Camera obscuras. 



c. Mechanical delineators. 



d. Methods of heliotyping and engraving illustrations. 



