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The Romance of the Microscope: An interesting description of its uses in all branches of science, industry, agriculture, and in the detection of crime, with a short account of its origin, history, and developmentEaland, C. A. (Charles Aubrey)

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The Romance of the Microscope: An interesting description of its uses in all branches of science, industry, agriculture, and in the detection of crime, with a short account of its origin, history, and development

Name: The Romance of the Microscope: An interesting description of its uses in all branches of science, industry, agriculture, and in the detection of crime, with a short account of its origin, history, and development
Author: Ealand, C. A. (Charles Aubrey)

Ealand, C. A. (Charles Aubrey)

Microscopes; Microscopy

Poisons, 259;
    testing for, 249.

  Polariscope, 141.

  Pollen grains, 106;
    of _Eschscholtzia_, 107;
    mallow, 107;
    Scotch fir, 107.

  Pond life, apparatus for collecting, 66.

  Pop weed, 228.

  Porta, 18, 20.

  Potato disease, 183.

  Preservatives in food, 149.

  Principal focus, 45, 54.

  Prisms, 43.

  Purple of Cassius, 257.

  Pure cultures, 165.


  Quartz, 126, 129.


  Raphides, 255.

  Rasping organs of snails, 123.

  Réaumur, 38.

  Refraction, 42.

  Rocks, 126;
    primary, 128;
    secondary, 128.

  Rotifers, 36, 74.

  Rousselet’s solution, 306.

  Rust of wheat, 185.


  Sand, 126, 128.

  Sandstone, 130.

  Scales of fishes, 120;
    lizards, 120;
    snakes, 120.

  Scheiner, 23.

  Schott, 285.

  Sea anemone, 208;
    cucumber, 218;
    lace, 230;
    lemon, 222;
    lettuce, 228;
    mat, 31, 76, 215;
    mouse, 220;
    pink, 225;
    slug, 218;
    urchin, 218;
    weed, 225.

  Section cutting, 294;
    in pith, 298.

  Sections, plant, 97;
    rock, 133.

  Seeds, 111;
    of campion, 180;
    clover, 179;
    corn buttercup, 180;
    cornflower, 180;
    evening primrose, 180;
    grass, 179;
    larkspur, 180;
    rib wort plantain, 180;
    spurrey, 180;
    wild carrot, 180.

  Seed testing, 178.

  Seneca, 17.

  _Serpula_, 221.

  Shale, 129.

  Shell binder, 221.

  Shells, 122, 129.

  Shoddy, 269.

  Shrimp, fresh water, 79.

  Silk, 270;
    artificial, 272;
    glue, 270;
    tussore, 271;
    weed, 90;
    worm, 32.

  Silver fish, 31.

  _Simulium_, 201.

  Slate, 129.

  Sleeping sickness, 173.

  Slides, 64.

  Slide making, 295;
    mounting, 300;
    ringing, 301.

  Slugs, 123.

  Smuts, 184.

  Snail, 34, 35, 37, 123;
    rasping organ of, 123;
    water, 77.

  Solution tests, 254.

  Spicules of Doris, 222;
    sponge, 132, 138.

  Spider, 31, 37, 112;
    crab, 115;
    drassid, 114;
    garden, 112;
    house, 113;
    wolf, 114;
    zebra, 114.

  Spinnerets, 116.

  _Spirilla_, 159.

  _Spirogyra_, 94, 225.

  Sponge, bath, 72;
    pond, 72;
    purse, 73;
    river, 72;
    spicules, 132, 138.

  _Spongia Coalita_, 213.

  Spores, 109, 162, 182.

  Stains, 291, 308.

  Stalactites, 132.

  _Staphylococci_, 159.

  Starch, 139;
    arrowroot, 141;
    banana, 142;
    barley, 141;
    bean, 142;
    lentil, 142;
    maize, 141;
    pea, 142;
    potato, 140;
    rice, 141;
    rye, 141;
    sago, 142;
    spurge, 142;
    tapioca, 142;
    to stain, 142.

  Star fish, 213.

  Stinging darts, 209;
    hairs, 32, 102.

  Stomata, 32.

  “Stops,” 61.

  _Streptococci_, 159.

  Striæ in glass, 286.

  Strychnine, 259.

  Sundew, 104.

  Swammerdam, 33.

  _Synapta Inhærens_, 219.


  Tadpole, 34, 124.

  Tangle, 230;
    fingered, 230.

  Tea, 143.

  Telescope, 20.

  Theine, 144.

  Thrips, 207.

  _Trichinella Spiralis_, 176.

  Trilobites, 135.


  _Ulva Lactuosa_, 228.


  _Vaucheria Sessilis_, 91.

  Vegetable fibres, 261.

  Vinci, 18.

  Vinegar eels, 31.

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The Romance of the Microscope: An interesting description of its uses in all branches of science, industry, agriculture, and in the detection of crime, with a short account of its origin, history, and development

Ealand, C. A. (Charles Aubrey)

Microscopes; Microscopy

Poisons, 259;
    testing for, 249.

  Polariscope, 141.

  Pollen grains, 106;
    of _Eschscholtzia_, 107;
    mallow, 107;
    Scotch fir, 107.

  Pond life, apparatus for collecting, 66.

  Pop weed, 228.

  Porta, 18, 20.

  Potato disease, 183.

  Preservatives in food, 149.

  Principal focus, 45, 54.

  Prisms, 43.

  Purple of Cassius, 257.

  Pure cultures, 165.


  Quartz, 126, 129.


  Raphides, 255.

  Rasping organs of snails, 123.

  Réaumur, 38.

  Refraction, 42.

  Rocks, 126;
    primary, 128;
    secondary, 128.

  Rotifers, 36, 74.

  Rousselet’s solution, 306.

  Rust of wheat, 185.


  Sand, 126, 128.

  Sandstone, 130.

  Scales of fishes, 120;
    lizards, 120;
    snakes, 120.

  Scheiner, 23.

  Schott, 285.

  Sea anemone, 208;
    cucumber, 218;
    lace, 230;
    lemon, 222;
    lettuce, 228;
    mat, 31, 76, 215;
    mouse, 220;
    pink, 225;
    slug, 218;
    urchin, 218;
    weed, 225.

  Section cutting, 294;
    in pith, 298.

  Sections, plant, 97;
    rock, 133.

  Seeds, 111;
    of campion, 180;
    clover, 179;
    corn buttercup, 180;
    cornflower, 180;
    evening primrose, 180;
    grass, 179;
    larkspur, 180;
    rib wort plantain, 180;
    spurrey, 180;
    wild carrot, 180.

  Seed testing, 178.

  Seneca, 17.

  _Serpula_, 221.

  Shale, 129.

  Shell binder, 221.

  Shells, 122, 129.

  Shoddy, 269.

  Shrimp, fresh water, 79.

  Silk, 270;
    artificial, 272;
    glue, 270;
    tussore, 271;
    weed, 90;
    worm, 32.

  Silver fish, 31.

  _Simulium_, 201.

  Slate, 129.

  Sleeping sickness, 173.

  Slides, 64.

  Slide making, 295;
    mounting, 300;
    ringing, 301.

  Slugs, 123.

  Smuts, 184.

  Snail, 34, 35, 37, 123;
    rasping organ of, 123;
    water, 77.

  Solution tests, 254.

  Spicules of Doris, 222;
    sponge, 132, 138.

  Spider, 31, 37, 112;
    crab, 115;
    drassid, 114;
    garden, 112;
    house, 113;
    wolf, 114;
    zebra, 114.

  Spinnerets, 116.

  _Spirilla_, 159.

  _Spirogyra_, 94, 225.

  Sponge, bath, 72;
    pond, 72;
    purse, 73;
    river, 72;
    spicules, 132, 138.

  _Spongia Coalita_, 213.

  Spores, 109, 162, 182.

  Stains, 291, 308.

  Stalactites, 132.

  _Staphylococci_, 159.

  Starch, 139;
    arrowroot, 141;
    banana, 142;
    barley, 141;
    bean, 142;
    lentil, 142;
    maize, 141;
    pea, 142;
    potato, 140;
    rice, 141;
    rye, 141;
    sago, 142;
    spurge, 142;
    tapioca, 142;
    to stain, 142.

  Star fish, 213.

  Stinging darts, 209;
    hairs, 32, 102.

  Stomata, 32.

  “Stops,” 61.

  _Streptococci_, 159.

  Striæ in glass, 286.

  Strychnine, 259.

  Sundew, 104.

  Swammerdam, 33.

  _Synapta Inhærens_, 219.


  Tadpole, 34, 124.

  Tangle, 230;
    fingered, 230.

  Tea, 143.

  Telescope, 20.

  Theine, 144.

  Thrips, 207.

  _Trichinella Spiralis_, 176.

  Trilobites, 135.


  _Ulva Lactuosa_, 228.


  _Vaucheria Sessilis_, 91.

  Vegetable fibres, 261.

  Vinci, 18.

  Vinegar eels, 31.

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The Romance of the Microscope: An interesting description of its uses in all branches of science, industry, agriculture, and in the detection of crime, with a short account of its origin, history, and development

The Romance of the Microscope: An interesting description of its uses in all branches of science, industry, agriculture, and in the detection of crime, with a short account of its origin, history, and development

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