Illumination.—Sun Light.—Artificial Light.—Bulls-Eye Condenser.—Side Reflector.—The Lieberkuhn.—Axial Light.—Oblique Light.—Direct Light.
How to Use the Microscope.—How to Care for the Microscope.
How to Collect Objects.—Where to find Objects.—What to Look for.—How to Capture Them.—Nets.—Bottle-Holders.—Spoons.—New Form of Collecting Bottle.—Aquaria for Microscopic Objects.—Dipping Tubes.
The Preparation and Examination of Objects.—Cutting Thin Sections of Soft Substances.—Sections of Wood and Bone.—Improved Section-Cutter.—Sections of Rock.—Knives.—Scissors.—Needles.—Dissecting Pans and Dishes.—Dissecting Microscopes.—Separation of Deposits from Liquids.—Preparing whole Insects.—Feet, Eyes, Tongues, Wings, etc., of Insects.—Use of Chemical Tests.—Liquids for Moistening Objects.—Refractive Power of Liquids.—Covers for Keeping out Dust.—Errors in Microscopical Observations.
Preservation of Objects.—General Principles.—Recipes for Preservative Fluids.—General Rules for Applying them.
Mounting Objects.—Apparatus and Materials for: Slides, Covers, Cells, Turn-Table, Cards for Making Cells, Hot-Plate, Lamps, Retort Stand, Slide-Holder, Mounting Needles, Cover Forceps, Simple Form of Spring Clip, Centering Cards, Gold-Size, Black Japan, Brunswick Black, Shellac, Bell’s Cement, Sealing Wax Varnish, Colored Shellac, Damar Cement, Marine Glue, Liquid Glue, Dextrine.—Mounting Transparent Objects Dry.—Mounting in Balsam.—Mounting in Liquids.—Mounting of Whole Insects.—How to Get Rid of Air-Bubbles.—Mounting Opaque Objects.
Finishing the Slides.
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