THE PREPARATION & MOUNTING OF MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS. BY THOMAS DAVIES. LONDON: ROBERT HARDWICKE, 192, PICCADILLY. AND ALL BOOKSELLERS. _A New Edition, Revised and Enlarged._ _Price 2s. 6d. plain; 4s. coloured._ HALF-HOURS WITH THE MICROSCOPE. A Popular Guide to the Use of the Microscope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. With Drawings of 250 objects from Nature, by TUFFEN WEST. By E. LANKESTER, M.D., F.R.S. CONTENTS: Half an hour on the Structure. Half an hour in the Garden. Half an hour in the Country. Half an hour at the Pondside. Half an hour at the Seaside. Half an hour Indoors. Appendix: the Preparation and Mounting of Objects. _Fcp. 8vo., 6s. beautifully illustrated by hand-painting._ RUST, SMUT, MILDEW, AND MOULD under the MICROSCOPE: a Plain and Easy Guide to the Study of Microscopic Fungi. By M. C. COOKE. Coloured Plates of over 300 Figures. London: ROBERT HARDWICKE, 192, Piccadilly; and all Booksellers. PREFACE. In bringing this Handbook before the public, the Author believes that he is supplying a want which has been long felt. Much information concerning the “Preparation and Mounting of Microscopic Objects” has been already published; but mostly as supplementary chapters only, in books written professedly upon the Microscope. From this it is evident that it was necessary to consult a number of works in order to obtain anything like a complete knowledge of the subject. These pages, however, will be found to comprise all the most approved methods of mounting, together with the results of the Author’s experience, and that of many of his friends, in every department of microscopic manipulation; and as it is intended to assist the beginner as well as the advanced student, the very rudiments of the art have not been omitted. As there is a diversity of opinion as to the best mode of proceeding in certain cases, numerous quotations have been made. Wherever this has been done, the Author believes that he has acknowledged the source from which he has taken the information; and he here tenders his sincere thanks to those friends who so freely allowed him to make use of their works. Should, however, anyone find his own process in these pages _unacknowledged_, the author can only plead oversight, and his regret that such should have been the case. CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE iii CHAPTER I. APPARATUS. 1 CHAPTER II. TO PREPARE AND MOUNT OBJECTS “DRY.” 22 CHAPTER III. MOUNTING IN CANADA BALSAM. 56 CHAPTER IV. PRESERVATIVE LIQUIDS, ETC., PARTICULARLY WHERE CELLS ARE USED. 83 CHAPTER V. SECTIONS AND HOW TO CUT THEM, WITH SOME REMARKS ON DISSECTION. 96 CHAPTER VI.