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COLLECTIONS OF MINERALS, 

 ROCKS, OR FOSSILS, 



For the Use of Students, Science Teachers, Prospectors, &c, and 

 to illustrate the leading Text-books, in Boxes, with Trays. 



50 Specimens, 10s. 6d. ; 100 do., 21s. ; 200 do., 42s. 



New Price List of Minerals, Rocks, and Stratigraphical Series 



of Fossils Pos t Free, 

 ROCK SECTIONS for the MICROSCOPE from is. 6d. each, 

 Post Free. 



Cabinets, Glass-Capped Boxes, Trays, Hammers, etc. 



TH03VE.RS I>. RUSSELL, 



78, NEWGATE STREET, LONDON, E.C. 



TEXTILE JFABRICS, 



To Colleges, Technical Schools, Teachers, &c. 



COTTON FIBRE PREPARATIONS FOR MICRO- 

 SCOPICAL EXAMINATION. 



Egyptian, Brazilian, East Indian, United States, Sea Islands, 

 China, African, Peruvian, &c., &c. 

 The fibre mounted under oblong covers to show staple, &c. 

 zs. per Slide, post free. 

 T.S. of the tibre, is. 6d. per Slide, post free. 



Special terms to Manufacturers and Merchants for the preparation , 

 of their own samples of the various countries' production. 



ABRM. FLATTERS, 54, Croft-st., Openshaw, 



MANCHESTER, 



Special Sets of Apparatus fot* Collectors. 



THE BOTANISTS' OUTFIT— Consists of 1 Japanned 



, Collecting Case with Shoulder Strap, Trowel, Drying Paper, 

 3 dozen Chip Boxes for Bulbs, &c. Carriage free, 3/6. 



THE GEOLOGISTS' COMPANION— Consists of i 



Geological Hammer, 1 Chisel, Set of Glass-Top Boxes and 3 

 dozen Chip Boxes. Post free, 3/6. 



THE INSECT HUNTERS' COMPENDIUM— Consists 



of 1 Leno Net and Stick, 1 Collecting Box, 1 oz. Mixed Pins, 

 1 Killing Bottle, 3 dozen Chip Boxes, 1 dozen Setting Needles, 

 1 Setting Board. Post free, 4/9. 



THE ENTOMOLOGISTS' COMPANION — Consists 



of 1 Butterfly Net and Stick, 1 Store Box, 10 inch by 8 inch : 

 i each wide and narrow Setting Boards, 3 dozen Setting 

 Needles, 1 dozen Cabinet Cork, 1 oz. Entomological Pins, 3 

 dozen Chip Boxes, 1 Collecting Box, 1 Cyanide Killing Bottle, 

 1 Bottle Cement, 1 Bottle Killing Fluid. Carriage Free, 10/6. 



THE EGG COLLECTORS' COMPLETE OUTFIT— 



Consists of 1 pair Forceps for lifting delicate Eggs, 1 Sheet 

 White Wool, 1 Sheet Pink Wool, 25 Data Tickets, 1 Bottle 

 Cleansing Fluid, 1 Brass Blow Pipe, 1 Glass Suction Pipe, 1 

 Glass Blow Pipe, 2 best Steel Drills, 1 Embryo Hook Ivory 

 Handle, 2 dozen Chip Boxes, 2 complete Label Lists, gummed. 

 Post free, 3/-. 



THE EGG COLLECTORS' " VADE MECUM "— 



Comprising 1 Brass Blow Pipe, Glass Suction Pipe, Glass Blow 

 Pipe, 2 Egg Drills, Embryo Hook, Gummed Label List, Hints 

 to Egg Collectors, all in handsome case. Post free, 1/9. 



THE EGG COLLECTORS' POCKET COMPANION 



— Contains 2 Blow Pipes, 1 Egg Drill, 1 Embryo Hook, 1 

 Gummed Label List, with full instructions, in box. Post free, 1/-. 



THE TAXIDERMISTS' COMPENDIUM— Contains 



every requisite for Skinning, Preserving, Stuffing, and Mount- 

 ing Birds, Animals, Reptiles, and Fish, in a well-made Japanned 

 Case 12^ inches long, with Patent Tumbler Lock and 2 Keys. 

 Contents — 1 Large Skinning Knife, 1 Fine Scalpel with Ebony 



Wire Nippers, 1 pair Stuffing Pliers, 1 Triangular File with 

 Handle, 2 pairs best Steel Scissors, 1 dozen Triangular Needles, 

 1 Pricker with Rosewood Handle, 3 Coils Annealed Wire, 2 

 Bundles Stuffing Tow, 1 Jar Arsenical Soap, 1 Bottle Preser- 

 vative Powder, 2 Tubes of Stain for Feet, 1 Bottle Cement, 

 1 Packet .Moss, 2 dozen Waxed Leaves, 10 dozen Artificial 

 Eyes, assorted. Carriage free, 21/-. 



THE TAXIDERMISTS' POCKET, CASE— Contains- 



i Scalpel, 2 pairs Steel Scissors, i Brain Scoop with Hook, 

 1 File, 1 Pricker, i Tow Pliers, i Wire Nippers, i dozen Tri- 

 angular Needles. Post free, 10/6. 



EGG CABINETS, 4 Drawers, 12/- ; 6 ditto, 16/6; 

 7 ditto, 22/6; 8 ditto, 30/-. Insecti Cabinets, Corked and 

 Glazed, 4 Drawers, 13/6; 6 ditto, 17/6 ; 8 ditto, 33/-. Mineral 

 and Botanical Cabinets, 4 Drawers, 10/6 ; 6 ditto, 15/-; 8 

 ditto, 25/-. 



ENTOMOLOGISTS' APPLIANCES.— Killing Bottles, 



gd., 1/-, 1/6. Killing Fluid, 6d. Breeding Cages, 2/6, 4/-, 5/-. 

 Store Boxes, 2/-, 2/6, 3/-, 4/-. Pocket Boxes in Deal, 6d., gd , 

 1/-, 1/6; Zinc ditto, gd., 1/-, 1/6, 2/-. Larvae Boxes gd. ; 

 double ditto, 1/-. Cabinet Cork, j/-, 1/4, 2/- per dozen. En- 

 tomological Pins, mixed, gd. per oz. Setting Needles 3d. each. 

 Steel Forceps, 2/- per pair. Setting Boards, $d. to 1 /6. Setting 

 Houses, 9/6, 11/6. Butterfly Nets, Wire Ring and Stick, 2/- ; 

 Cane Ring, 1/8; 3 Joint Folding Net, 3/9 ; 4 Joint, 4/6. 

 Water Net, 2/6. 



EGG COLLECTORS' APPLIANCES. — Climbing 



Irons with Straps, 5/6 per pair ; double Spurs, 7/6. Brass 

 Blow Pipes 6d., 8d., lod. each; Glass ditto. 2d., yi., ^d. Steel 

 Drills, 2d., 3d., 6d. Embryo Hooks, 2d. White Wool, 3d. 

 per sheet ; Pink ditto, sd. Forceps for lifting, gd. per pair. 

 Chip Boxes, 2d. per dozen. 



TAXIDERMISTS' APPLIANCES.— Skinning Knives, . 



1/-, r/6. Fine Scalpels, 1/3. Forceps, 1/6. Scissors, 1/3, 1/9. 

 Prickers, 6d. Brain Scoops, 6d. Wire Nippers, 1/-. Tow 

 Pliers, is. Files, 6d., 1/-. Arsenical Soap, 1/- per tin. Non- - 

 Poisonous Soap, 1/-. Preservative Powder, 1/-. 20 dozen 

 assorted Eyes, 3/6. Tow, Sd. per pound. 



Handle, 1 Plated Brain Scoop with Hook, 1 pair Bright Steel 



A complete Illustrated Price List of Natural History, Post Free, One Penny. 



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