Marvels of pond-life; or, A year's microscopic recreations among the polyps, infusoria, rotifers, water-bears and polyzoa (1871)
Slack, Henry J. (Henry James), 1818-1896 · London, Groombridge · leaf 49
instant, and as the water rushes in the little hvdracomes too, and is placed in a glass cell, about half aninch wide, and one tenth of an inch deep. These cellsare obtained from the opticians, and cemented withvarnish or marine glue to an ordinary glass slide.After an object has been placed in one… … Sydra viridis with developed young one, and bud beginning to sprout. Marvels of Pond-Life. 33 it gently on the walls of our cell. A few drops ofsuperfluous water escape, and we have the cell quitefull, and the cover held tight by force of the capillaryattraction between the water and the glass. The…
Microscopy · Freshwater animals -- England · Pond animals
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