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MICROSCOPY. 
A. Instruments, Accessories, See. 
Cl) Stands. page 
Sir David Brewster’s Microscope (Fig. 1) 123 
Two Old Microscopes (Figs. 2-4) 124 
Field, W. E . — Hoiv to Make a Microscope Stand 126 
(3) Illuminating- and other Apparatus. 
Kowalski, A. — Repsold's Neiv Self -Registering Micrometer 126 
(4) Photomicrography. 
Pretzl, A. D . — Monochromatic Light for Photomicrography 127 
B. Technique. 
Cl) Collecting Objects, including Culture Processes 
Murray, G . — Plankton Gathering 128 
Heurck, H. van — Culture of Diatoms 125 
„ „ Miguel's Cell for Pure Cultures of Diatoms (Figs. 5-7) .. .. 180 
Wassermann, A. — Cultivating Gonococcus 130 
Forster, J . — Nutrient Gelatin with High Melting-point 131 
Beck, M . — Capsule for Anaerobic Cultivation (Figs. 8 and 9) 131 
Cantani, A . — Seminal Fluid as a Nutritive Medium 131 
Deelemann, M . — Influence of the Reaction of the Medium on Bacterial Growth .. 131 
C2) Preparing Objects. 
Novy, F. G . — Apparatus for Filtering Bacterial and other Fluids 132 
„ ,, Simple Steam Steriliser 132 
(4) Staining and Injecting. 
Busse, O . — Staining Yeast Cells 132 
Dubois, L . — Method of Treating Bacteria difficult of Staining 133 
Andrejew, N. P . — Rapid Staining of Tuberculous Sputum 133 
Przesmycki, A. M. — Intra-Vitam Staining 133 
(5) Mounting, including Slides, Preservative Fluids, &c. 
Kholodkovsky, N . — Preserving Sea-Anemones 133 
Mottier, D. M. — Flemming's Fixing Solution 134 
Chalon, J . — Preservative Fluids for Botanical Specimens 134 
C6) Miscellaneous. 
Darwin, F . — New Method of Observing Stomates 134 
Sterling, S . — Detection of Typhoid Bacilli in Faeces by Eisner's Method .. .. 134 
Hankin, E. H., & B. H. F. Leumann — Method of rapidly Identifying the Microbe 
of Bubonic Plague 134 
“T. K. K .” — Microscopic Study of Alloys (Figs. 10-13) 135 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 
Meeting, 15th December, 1897 139 
Anniversary Meeting, 19th January, 1898 141 
Report of the Council for 1897 142 
Balance Sheet for 1897 145 
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