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HOW TO USE THE MIGROSCOPE. 



A Simple and Practical Book, intended for beginners. 



By JOHN PHIN, 



Editor of " The American Journal of Microscopy" 



Second Edition. Greatly Enlarged, with 50 illustrations in the f 



and 4 full-page engravings printed on heavy tint paper. 



COINTTEKTTS: 



What a Microscope is. — Different Kinds of Microscopes.— Simple Mi- 

 croscopes. — Hmd Magnifiers.— The Goddington Lens.— The Stanhope 

 L ns.— BaspaiTs Microscope. — The Excelsior Microscope.— Twenty -five 

 ciiit .Microscopes and how to mike them. — Penny Microscopes. 



Compound Microscopes.— Different lands of Objectives. -Non-Achrom- 

 atic Objectives.— French Achromatic Objectives— Objectives of the English 

 Form.— Immersion Objectives— Focal Lengths corresponding to the num- 

 bers employed by Nachet, Hartnack and Gundlach. 



How to Choose a Microscope.— "Microscopes for Special Pnrposi 

 Magnifying Power required for different purposes. — How to judge of the 

 quality of the different parts of the Microscope. 



3SORY Apparatus. — Stage Forceps, Animalcule Cage, etc. 



Illumination.— Sun Light. — Artificial Light.— Bulls-Eye Condenser. — 

 Side Reflector. — The Lieberkuhn.— Axial Light. — Oblique Light.— Direct 

 Light. 



How to Use the Microscope. — How to Care for the Microscope. 



How to Collect I >bjei re. -Where to find Objects. — What to Look f >r. — 

 How to Capture Them.— Nets. — Bottle-Holders. -Spoons.— New Form ol 

 Collecting Bottle. — Aquaria for Microscopic Objects.— Dipping Tubes. 



The Prep ab ition \m> Examination of I Objects.— Cutting Thin Sections 

 of Soft Substances. -Sections of Wo 1 1 an l l> >ne. — [mproved Section Cut- 

 ter. > itiona of Rock. Knives. -Scissors. -Needles.— Dissecting Puis 

 and Dishes.— Dissecting Mici ■scopes. -Separation of Deposits from 

 Liquids. Preparing whole Ins k , ; . P i b. Eyes, Tongues, Wings, el 

 Insects. Use of Chemical Tests. •Liquids for Moistening Objects. Re- 

 fractive Power of Liquids. — Covers for K doping out Dust. -Errors in Micro- 

 scopical ( Observations. 



jervation of Objects.— General Principles. -Becipes for Prei 

 ative Fluids. - General Rules for Applying them. 



Mounting Objects. Apparatus and Materials for: Slid dells, 



Turn-Table, Cards for Miking Cells, Sot-Plate, Lamps, Retort Stand, 

 Slide-Holder, Mounting Needles, Cover Forceps, Simple Form of Spring 

 Clip, Centering Cards, G rid Size, Black Japan, Brunswick Black, SI 

 Bell s Cement, Sealing Wai Varnish, Colored Shellac, Damar Cement, Mar- 

 ine Glue, Liquid Glue, Dextrine. -Mounting Transparent Objects Dry. - 

 Mounting in Balsam. -Mounting in Liquids Mounting of Whole In- 

 sects, How toGet Rid of Air-Bubbles,— Mounting Opaque Obj 



Finishing the Slides. 

 May be obtained from any Bookseller or News Agent, or will be sent by 

 mail, postage paid, on receipt of price. 



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