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The microscope and its revelations (1891)

Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885, Dallinger, W. H. (William Henry), 1842-1909 · Philadelphia, Blakiston · leaf 435

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he best adjustment for themost delicate and largest sections to be made in the direction of itslength. The knife, however, is also made up>on another model, E, fig. 345 ; itthen has a special holder a, and is secured in conical apertures by thescrews b, b\ and firmly held ; and as b or bl is… … Fig. 345.—The Thoma microtome with special knife. The exigencies of section-cutting have given rise to a great varietyof section-holders in this instrument. The simplest is seen in OS,fig. 344, which is a pair of jaws clamped by screws and fixed uponthe pivot Sz by the milled head a. At n is the…

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