The preparation & mounting of microscopic objectsDavies, Thomas
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The preparation & mounting of microscopic objects
Davies, Thomas
Microscopy -- Technique
Cells for dry objects, 6;
with rings of cardboard, 7;
with gutta-percha, 7;
with leather, 7;
with ivory, 8;
with thin glass, 7;
with varnish, 23, 26;
for balsam, 60;
for preservative liquids, 87–89;
Shadbolt’s turntable useful in making, 9.
Cements, 13–17.
Chalk, foraminifera from, 63.
Chara vulgaris, rotation in, 144.
Chloride of zinc, solution of, 85;
of calcium, solution of, 92.
Chloroform, use of (_see_ Canada balsam).
Circulation of blood, 140–142;
of sap (_see_ Rotation).
Cleanliness in microscopic work, 1.
Coal, sections of, 99.
Collection of diatoms, 29.
Colours for injection, 125–127.
Condenser, cheap, to make, 20.
Corals, sections of, 99.
Corallines, to mount, 48.
Cover of objects, to remove, 60.
Crystals, mounting of, dry, 50;
to vary form of, and mount in balsam, 75;
sections of, 109.
Cuticle of equisetum, &c., 80.
Dale & Davies’, carmine injection, 138.
Deane’s gelatine, 84.
Decalcifying process for shells, 98.
Desmidiaceæ, in preservative liquid, 92.
Diachæa elegans, 53.
Diamond beetle, 54.
Diatomaceæ, nature of, 28;
collection of, 29;
in stomachs of fish, 30;
to prepare and mount dry, 30–40;
Mr. Rylands on, 33;
in guano, 39;
fossilized, 40;
mounting in balsam, 61;
mounting in preservative liquids, 92, 93.
Discs used in mounting, 22;
supporter, Smith & Beck’s, 23.
Dissection, 111;
microscope for, 111;
instruments for, 112.
Distilled water, as preservative liquid, 83.
Doyer’s, M., method of injection, 132.
Dry objects, to mount, 22.
Echinodermata spines, sections of, 99.
Eel, scales of, 78.
Eggs of insects, 94.
Elastic objects, to keep flat upon the slide, 11.
Electrical cement, 16.
Equisetaceæ, 80;
spores of, 146.
Erector, not indispensable, 19.
Eyes of insects, 70, 54;
of animals injected, 136.
Feathers, 73.
Feet of insects, 54, 71.
Ferns, 51;
development of spores of, 145.
Fish, fins and tails of, 50;
scales of, 53, 78;
injection of, 137;
circulation of blood in, 142.
Flint, sections of, 101.
Fluid, mounting objects in, 83.
Flustra avicularis, 79.
Fly (_see_ Insects).
Foot of sheep injected, 136.
Foraminifera, 41;
separation of, 41;
to clean, 42;
to clean from tallow soundings, 42;
to mount, 45, 63;
from chalk, 63.
Forceps, ordinary and wooden, 11;
bull-nosed, for injection, 123.
Fossil infusoria, 40.
Frog, injected, 136;
to show circulation of blood, 140.
Frog-bit, rotation in, 144.
Fruit-stones, sections of, 104.
Fungi, 53, 94.
Gastric teeth of insects, 120;
of molluscs, 117.
Gelatine for injection, 124;
preservative liquid, 84.
Glass slides, 1;
thin, 3;
thin, to cut, 3;
thin, to measure, 4;
thin, to clean, 5;
cells, to make, 88;
rings for cells, 88;
tubes, 10.
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