No. XLVI.—A HOME-MADE MICROSCOPE
The simplest and cheapest of all microscopes can easily be made at home. The only materials needed are a thin slip of glass, on to which one or two short paper tubes, coated with black sealing wax, are cemented with the wax, a small stick, and a tumbler half full of water.
Water is dropped gradually by aid of the stick into the cells, until lenses are formed of the desired convexity, and objects held below the glass will be more or less magnified.
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Not ever changed unless unchanged,
Nor hanged unless beheaded;
Quick eyes may find in me arranged
Almost an angel bedded.
No. XLVII.—A PRETTY EXPERIMENT
For this curious experiment a glass bottle or decanter about half full of water and a sound stalk of straw are needed.