A practical treatise on the use of the microscope, including the different methods of preparing and examining animal, vegetable, and mineral structures (1848)
Quekett, John, 1815-1861 · London, H. Bailliere · leaf 160
th one of the capillary tubes,but little larger than enough to catch them, they may belifted out one by one, and be placed on the tablet. Generallyspeaking, it is necessary to add a small quantity of vegetablematter to animalcules to keep them alive; and as manyspecies of them are found on… … Fig. 77. Fig. 78. they are made of brass, and the points are a little curved; tokeep them accurately together, they are provided with a holeand steady pin. This instrument, being thin and easily closed,serves very well to put into a phial and take out small portionsof vegetable matter; but when…
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