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knife of a somewhat different construction made (but which he 
does not explain). The advantage of this is that it can be move 
along its whole length, so that different portions can be used for 
cutting. 
Professor R. Kossmann writes: “ Many to whom the turning 
back of the micrometer-screw of the microtome is an annoying 
delay, will be thankful to me for pointing out to them that in two 
or three seconds it can be turned back its whole length by using 
a kind of fiddlebow, such as is used for drilling holes. The loop 
of the bow-string (made of strong silk cord, waxed or rosined) is 
passed round the smooth neck of the screw, and the bow is 
moved alternately to the left with stretched, and to the right with 
slackened cord.”— Fourn. Roy. Microscopical Society, itt, 298. 
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SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 
— The new antiseptic, boro- glyceride, may furnish us with 
another preservative. From an utter absence of smell, taste 
(except a slightly sweet one) and innocuous qualities, it has been 
Suggested that fresh fish preserved by it may be sent long dis- 
tances in good condition. The boro-glyceride should be mixed 
with Many times its bulk of warm water, and cloths wet with the 
solution should be put in and wrapped around the eviscerated 
. This is certainly a good field for experiment.—Scteniijic 
and Literary Gossip. 
Should divorce be necessary, the shrimp must also be returned; 
ut not being always obtainable, there is room enough for a good 
African quarrel among the natives.” — Scientific and Literary 
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