12 JUNE, 1882, 
ae  Giptig « to the inclemency of the weather, this meoting 
: for want of a quorum. 
eA 10 JULY, 1882. 
ae ¥ ee Dr. Wraiacnt in the Chair. _ 
ae The CHareman read the following paper ee Mr. Henry Sharp, 
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_ are often so much squeezed and flattened by the pressure employed — 
_ that they no igi present the appearance they did before the 
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“The aly ny way ‘to avoid this when the object is thick is by the 
use of a cell of some kind; but mounting in cells with balsam as 
‘ the medium is, or at least. I have always found it, a troublesome 
business, requiring also a long time for the balsam to set suff: 
ciently to prevent the covering glass from being shifted. | I | 
culties attending balsam mounting in cells! — 
have succeeded in evoiing by a method which I hit upon six oF : 
h I will n oi 
to the ‘ais while the turn-table is revolving, so that 
| and outside portions are removed a truly-centred 
nains on the sli 
plans will of course suggest themselves ; the rings, 
instance, might be cut out by different. sized gun-w wad emt 
of the eae on opposite sides 
i e slides I have submitted for 
escribe further 0: 
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minutes, into tur] 
