THE
PREPARATION & MOUNTING
OF
MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS.
BY
THOMAS DAVIES.
LONDON:
ROBERT HARDWICKE, 192, PICCADILLY.
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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