such objects as plant sections, &c., and we propose to describe, as
briefly as possible, how to proceed with such objects. Suppose we are
examining one of the common pond plants, _Spirogyra_ for instance, and
we wish to see whether it contains starch. Our specimen is in a slide,
in a drop of water, and covered by a cover slip. In the first place, we
must obtain some fluffless blotting paper--the ordinary filter papers
sold by all chemists are excellent--from it we must cut about half a
dozen pieces, about half an inch by one inch, the exact size is not
important, and they need not be measured. These we must fold in the
centre, so that they can be made to stand up like an inverted V. From
our bottle of iodine solution we take a drop of the liquid on the end
of a glass rod and place it carefully at one edge of the cover slip,
avoiding allowing any of the solution to flow on to the upper surface
of the slip. Now, one of the pieces of blotting paper must be placed
upon the opposite side of the slide so that it will stand up; it must
then be moved till it just touches the edge of the cover slip. The
blotting paper will absorb the water from beneath the cover slip, and
in doing so the iodine solution will be drawn along to take the place
of the water. By proceeding in this manner and replacing the blotting
paper with a new piece as it becomes moist, also replenishing the drop
of iodine as it is used up, we act upon our object with a stronger and
stronger solution, and, in _Spirogyra_, the object which we took as our
example, we can see beautiful rosettes of starch grains, arranged at
regular intervals along the green bands of chlorophyll. This method of
staining may be used in most cases where we merely require a temporary
stain; by reversing the process and drawing water over the object by
means of blotting paper, it may be used in washing sections and parts
of plants. For very small objects, such as starch grains separated from
the plants in which they are formed, the method is hardly suitable, for
they are liable to be drawn along in the stream of liquid and lost.
For more permanent staining processes, we must use our watch glasses,
into which we pour the various liquids necessary for the operation. The
precise methods of staining, the periods during which objects should
remain in the staining solution, and the chemicals used for removing
excessive stain vary, as may be guessed, according to circumstances.
Some chemicals act very quickly, and staining takes place in a few
minutes; others act slowly, and with them it is necessary to subject
our specimens to their action for hours or even days. Then again, it is
obvious that large specimens take longer to stain than small ones, hard
objects are not so readily acted upon as soft ones. Experience alone
will show what is required in various cases.
Suppose, for example, we desire to stain a section in Carmalum, a
mixture of Carminic Acid 1 grain, Alum 10 grains, hot distilled water
200 c.c. We take three watch glasses, in one we place a few drops of
our stain, in another water, and in the third alcohol. Our section is
placed in the watch glass containing the carmalum and is left there
for about two minutes, then with the help of a small brush it is
transferred for a similar period to the watch glass containing water,
and finally it is placed in the alcohol. From the last watch glass it
may be transferred to glycerine jelly on a slide and mounted as already
described; Carmalum stains our section a beautiful pink.
There is a temptation to buy a large stock of stains of all hues and
of varied composition. The temptation should not be allowed to get the
better of us. In our early days at anyrate, we shall do far better if
we use but few stains and learn to understand their peculiarities.
The most useful selection for the beginner will comprise Haematoxylin,
Safranin, Eosin, Carbol-Fuchsin, Methylene Blue, and Carmalum. These
should all be obtained ready for use: this will save errors in
compounding, and, in certain cases, will save time; some of the stains,
Haematoxylin for example, are not fit for use till months after they
have been mixed with the other ingredients which form the complete
stain.
Frequently when examining small but lively water animals we may
feel the necessity of some method of sobering them. All the little
organisms, both plants and animals, which are provided with the little
whip-like structures mentioned so often in our pages, are difficult to
examine whilst they are in motion. There are many substances, we might
add, which would kill them, but in doing so we shall nearly always find
that they contract to such an extent as to lose all semblance of their
natural shape, and become useless as objects for our microscope. Should
our inclinations lead us in the direction of much study of these little
beings, we shall do well to keep handy a small bottle of Rousselet’s
solution; it is composed of 2 per cent. solution of hydrochlorate
of cocaine, 3 parts; Methylated Spirit, 1 part; water, 6 parts. Any
chemist will mix the solution for us. When we have occasion to examine
a too lively specimen, we simply run a drop of the solution under the
cover slip, as described in our remarks on staining with iodine, and
the creature we are examining will abandon its frolics and conveniently
remain in a fully expanded state.
Many of our readers will be anxious to carry their microscopic
investigations to a more advanced stage than we have reached in our
pages. Some will have the advantage of a teacher, and it is a great
advantage to have someone who can show rather than merely explain what
should be done; others not so well placed may like to know a few really
useful books which will help them in their work. “The Microscope and
its Revelations,” by B. H. Dallinger, is a large and therefore costly
work, but it contains a rare fund of information for the microscopist.
Smaller and eminently suitable for the general worker is “Modern
Microscopy,” by Messrs Cross & Cole. Those who wish to specialize in
one of the sciences, such as Botany, Zoology, or Geology, will find no
lack of books dealing with the subject that most appeals to them. For
photographers who are also microscopists, we know of no better books
than “Practical Principles of Plain Photomicrography,” by G. West, or
the more advanced “Handbook of Photomicrography,” by Messrs Hind &
Randles.
Neither books nor teacher will be able to reveal to any of us all the
secrets of the microscope. By its means a new world is unfolded before
the eyes of mankind, a world of unlimited possibilities. No man will
ever see all that the microscope can show him, each day some fresh
wonder is looked upon for the first time.
As a hobby, microscopy can hardly be excelled. It is a sensible hobby
and, after the initial outlay, need cost us but a few pence each year.
We hear someone say that he prefers an outdoor hobby, but surely the
microscope, if used intelligently, will take us out of doors. The
search for specimens is one of the attractions of microscopy. As an
instrument for the serious worker the microscope compares favourably
with any other invention of mankind.
Think for a moment what we owe to the microscope in a hundred and one
walks of life, and then you will realize the romance attached to the
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time.
INDEX
Abbe, 285.
Aberration, chromatic, 47.
Aberration, spherical, 49.
Aconite, 259.
_Actinophrys Sol_, 75.
Adjustment, coarse, 58;
fine, 59.
Adulteration of food, 137.
_Algæ_, 225.
Alkaloids, 144.
American water-weed, 98.
_Amœba Proteus_, 67.
_Anatome Plantarum_, 32.
Animal cells, 168.
Animalcule, bell, 70;
protean, 67;
slipper, 68;
sun, 75;
wheel, 74.
Animal fibres, 262.
Annealing, 284, 289.
Aphids, 36.
Apparatus, choice of, 137.
Aristotle, 32.
Bacilli, 159.
_Bacillus Subtilis_, 160.
Bacteria, 36, 37, 38, 152;
cultures of, 165;
examination of, 160;
origin of, 155;
size of, 156;
splitting of, 157;
staining of, 162.
Barnacle, 221.
Bees, 34, 195, 199.
Bird’s head, 76, 216.
Bladderwort, 104.
Blood, circulation of, 23, 171.
Blood corpuscles, red, 34, 170;
white, 170.
Blood crystals, 173, 174.
Boreel, 20.
Borel, 26.
_Botrydium Granulatum_, 92.
Bread, 142.
Brewing, 260.
Broomrape, 180.
Brown, 39.
Browne, 24.
Bubbles in glass, 286.
Buffalo gnat, 201.
Buffon, 39.
Burning glass, 17.
Butter, 148;
renovated, 149.
Caddis fly, 202.
Calcium carbonate, 131, 229.
_Callithamnion Corymbosum_, 237.
Canada Balsam, 300.
_Carchesium Spectabile_, 72.
Cells, 99.
Chelifer, 31, 200.
Chemical analysis, 248.
Chemistry, 25, 200.
Chicory, 145.
_Chlamydomonas Angulosa_, 85.
Chlorophyll, 98, 226.
Cicada, 204.
Citric acid, 258.
_Cladophora Glomerata_, 90.
Classification, 39.
Clay, 129.
Cleavers, 111.
Club moss, 136.
Cluster cups, 186.
Cocaine, 144.
Cocci, 159.
Cocoa, 144.
Coffee, 144.
Colonial animals, 212.
Colour of plants, 97.
Comb bearer, 210.
Compound microscope, 20;
theory of, 51;
to make, 52.
Compressed enteromorpha, 228.
Condenser, 60, 292.
_Corallina Officinalis_, 229.
Coralline, 229.
Cork, 31.
Corn flour, 141.
Cotton, 262.
Cover slip, 64.
Crab, 222.
Cricket, 205.
_Cristatella Mucedo_, 77.
Crystal layer, 256.
Crystallization, 250.
Crystals in plants, 255.
Crystals of alum, 251;
barium chloride, 252;
borax, 251;
calcium oxalate, 255;
copper sulphate, 251;
gold chloride, 256;
iron sulphate, 251;
potassium chlorate, 252;
salt, 251;
sugar, 251;
washing soda, 251.
Cuprammonia, 263.
Cuttlefish, 122.
Cuvier, 39.
_Cyclops_, 81.
_Cypris_, 80.
Darwin, 39.
“Dead Men’s Ropes,” 230;
“Toes,” 211.
_Delessera Sanguinea_, 229.
_Demodex Folliculorum_, 176.
Depth of focus, 240.
Descartes, 18.
Desmids, 85, 225.
Devil’s apron, 230.
Diaphragm, 61;
iris, 62.
Diatoms, 82, 225, 238.
_Didymograptus_, 135.
Digges, L., 18, 20.
Digges, T., 18.
Diplococci, 159.
_Diplograptus_, 135.
Divini, 19.
Dodder, 180.
Doris, 222.
Double staining, 164.
_Draparnalda Glomerata_, 91.
Drebbel, 21.
Dyes in food, 150.
Earliest microscopes, 18.
Early naturalists, 37.
Ears of insects, 205.
_Ectocarpus Siliculosus_, 228, 231.
Egg raft, 202.
Eggs of frogs, 124.
Engyoscopes, 19.
Entomology, 192.
Euclid, 17.
_Euglena Viridis_, 88.
Eyepiece, 56;
choice of, 292;
Huygens, 63.
Fallen stars, 94.
Feathered hair of bees, 199.
Feathers, 118.
Feelers of beetles, 198;
gnats, 198;
moths, 198.
Ferments, 154.
Finger prints, 33.
Flax, 262.
Fleas, 23, 31, 37;
water, 79.
Flint, 129.
Flour, 272.
Flowers, grass, 106.
Focus of lens, 275.
Food adulteration, 137.
Foot of butterfly, 197;
fly, 31, 198;
louse, 198.
_Foraminifera_, 30, 135.
Formic acid, 258.
Fossils, 39, 130, 134.
Fringe wings, 207.
Fruits of burdock, 111;
dandelion, 111;
goosegrass, 111;
groundsel, 111;
thistle, 111.
Fusion tests, 253.
Galileo, 21, 22.
Geology, 125.
Germination, 32.
Glass, 282;
Bohemian, 283;
crown, 285;
flint, 283, 285;
Jena, 285;
optical, 284;
plate, 283.
Glucose, 151.
Gluten strings, 273.
Glycerine jelly, 301.
Gordon, 17.
_Gossypium_, 262.
Graaf, 19.
Granite, 126.
Graptolites, 135.
Grasshopper, 205.
Grew, 33.
Guinard, 284.
Hair, 101, 261, 267;
root, 103.
Hardness of glass, 286.
Harvestmen, 115.
Hay Bacillus, 160.
Hemp, 264.
Hodierna, 24.
Honey, 149.
Hooke, 19, 29, 35, 215, 216.
Horsetails, 110, 136.
House fly, 25, 195, 198.
Human blood, 169.
Humboldt, 39.
_Hydra_, 37, 69, 135, 209, 215.
_Hydrodictyon Reticulatum_, 93.
Image, inverted, 56;
real, 52, 55;
virtual, 52, 53, 55.
Infection, 26.
Infusorians, 36.
Insect transformation, 34.
Insectivorous plants, 104.
_Insectorum Theatrum_, 34.
Intestinal enteromorpha, 228.
Jute, 264.
Killing specimens, 306.
Kircher, 23, 26, 36.
Laminaria, 230.
Leaf, bloom, 101;
cabbage, 100;
folded, 101;
hair, 101;
heather, 101;
iris, 100;
marram grass, 101;
rolled, 101;
structure, 100;
veins, 103;
water lily, 100.
Leeuwenhoek, 19, 35, 36, 37, 38.
Lenses, perfect, 49;
shapes of, 44.
Lice, 23, 31, 198;
water, 79;
wood, 79, 135.
Light, 40;
rays, 41.
Limestone, 131.
Linen, 264.
Linnæus, 39.
Liver fluke, 33, 76, 188.
_Lophopus Crystallinus_, 76.
Lung books, 116.
Magnetite, 129.
Magnification, to increase, 64.
Malaria, 173.
Malpighi, 23, 31, 32.
Marble bleb, 210.
Mealy bug, 206.
Mechanical stage, 65.
Medical work, 26.
Mercer, 263.
Mercerised cotton, 263.
Mermaid’s fingers, 211.
Miall, 37.
Mica, 126, 129.
Micrococci, 159.
Micrographia, 29.
Micro-chemical analysis, 257.
Microscope, choice of, 291;
making, 29;
stand, 56;
tube, 57;
use of, 59.
Microscopia, ludicra, 19;
seria, 19.
Mildew, 183;
gooseberry, 188;
rose, 187.
Milk, examination of, 138;
bacteria in, 154.
Money spinner, 115.
_Monograptus_, 135.
Morphia, 259.
Mother of pearl, 122.
Mouffet, 18, 23.
Mould, 289.
Mouth of butterfly, 195;
fly, 195;
gnat, 196;
green fly, 196;
pangonia, 196;
stable fly, 196.
Mud, 129.
Mushroom, 182.
Musical insects, 204.
Mussel, swan, 77.
Mustard, 145.
Nectar, 32.
Nicotine, 93.
_Nostoc_, 144, 259.
Ocular, 56.
Objective, 56, 63;
choice of, 292.
_Oscillatoria_, 89.
Paper, 145, 265;
cotton rag, 266;
hemp, 266;
linen rag, 266;
manufacture, 126, 260.
Parasites of house fly, 200.
Pasteur, 39.
Pebrine, 272.
Pepper, 145.
Phosphorescence, 223.
Photo-micrographs, 274.
Piperine, 146.
Plague, 175.
Plant animals, 89.
Plant structure, 31.
_Plumatella Repens_, 77.
Pocket magnifier, 50.
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.
Vitrea muscaria, 19;
publicaria, 19.
_Volvox_, 37, 87, 225.
_Vorticella_, 71.
Water net, 93.
Water testing, 146.
Wings of bees, 195;
butterflies, 193;
dragonflies, 194;
flies, 194;
gnats, 194.
Wool, 268;
fat, 268.
Wrack, bladder, 228, 233, 236;
channelled, 233, 234;
flat, 233;
knobbed, 234;
notched, 234.
Yeast, 36.
Zacharias, 20, 21, 22.
Zoospores, 231.
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Transcriber’s Notes:
The one footnote has been moved to the end of its chapter.
Illustrations have been moved to paragraph breaks near where they are
mentioned.
Punctuation has been made consistent.
Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in
the original publication, except that obvious typos have been corrected.
p. 50: Page reference is missing (described on p. .)
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