CHAPTER I |
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| Pleasures and Uses of Microscopy—Development of the
Microscope—Extemporised Apparatus | |
CHAPTER II |
| Elementary Principles of Optics—Simple Microscopes—Compound
Microscope—Accessory Apparatus—Cover-glasses—Troughs—
Condensers—Dissection—Dipping-tubes—Drawing—Measurement | |
CHAPTER III |
| Examination of Objects—Principles of Illumination—Mirror
and its Action—Substage Condenser—Use of Bull’s-eye—Opaque
Objects—Photography of Microscopic Objects | |
CHAPTER IV |
| Vegetable Cells and their Structure—Stellate Tissues—Secondary
Deposit—Ducts and Vessels—Wood-Cells—Stomata,
or Mouths of Plants—The Camera Lucida, and
Mode of Using—Spiral and Ringed Vessels—Hairs of
Plants—Resins, Scents, and Oils—Bark Cells | |
CHAPTER V |
| Starch, its Growth and Properties—Surface Cells of Petals—Pollen
and its Functions—Seeds | |
CHAPTER VI |
| Algæ and their Growth—Desmidiaceæ, where found—Diatoms,
their Flinty Deposit—Volvox—Mould, Blight,
and Mildew—Mosses and Ferns—Mare’s-Tail and the
Spores—Common Sea-weeds and their Growth | |
CHAPTER VII |
| Antennæ, their Structure and Use—Eyes, Compound and
Simple—Breathing Organs—Jaws and their Appendages—Legs,
Feet, and Suckers—Digestive Organs—Wings,
Scales, and Hairs—Eggs of Insects—Hair, Wool, Linen,
Silk, and Cotton—Scales of Fish—Feathers—Skin and
its Structure—Epithelium—Nails, Bone, and Teeth—Blood
Corpuscles and Circulation—Elastic Tissues—Muscle
and Nerve | |
CHAPTER VIII |
| Pond-Life—Apparatus and Instructions for Collecting Objects—Methods
of Examination—Sponge—Infusoria | |
CHAPTER IX |
| Fresh-water Worms—Planarians—Hydra—Polyzoa—Rotifers
Chætonotus—Water-Bears | |
CHAPTER X |
| Marine Life—Sponges—Infusoria—Foraminifera—Radiolaria—Hydroid
Zoophytes—Polyzoa—Worms—Lingual Ribbons and Gills of Mollusca—
Star-Fishes and Sea-Urchins—Cuttle-Fish—Corallines—Miscellaneous
Objects | |
CHAPTER XI |
| Hints on the Preparation of Objects—Preservative Fluids—Mounting
Media—Treatment of Special Objects | |
CHAPTER XII |
| Section-Cutting—Staining | |