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The microscope and its revelations (1856)

Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885 · London : John Churchill · leaf 262

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in preparing the way for thepenetration of the balsam into substances which are un-usuaUy opaque. A long-continued maceration in tui-pentine,moreover, assists in freeing the specimen fiom air-bubbles ; as itgradually creeps into spaces which are otherwise unoccupied,and, when the object is… … 240 MOUNTING or OBJECTS. centre of tlie slide; this sliould be warmed, but not boiled;and any air-bubbles wliich may make their appearance,should either be caused to buist by touching them with theneedle-point, or should be di-awn to one side. The object, ifit can be held in the fine-pointed…

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