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 358
sed beyond a certain point, whilst the former servesto regulate the space that the blades may be kept open by thespring. The sides are not rivetted together as in the dissect-ing forceps, but are united by a hinge-joint, in order that theymay be separated for the purpose of sharpening the blades.… … Fig. 209. slender shaft of wood b, whilst the other is curved as at c, inorder to be pressed upon by the thumb or fore-finger in theact of cutting. With an instrument of this kind, Swammer-dam is said to have made all his finest dissections. Method of Sharpening Scissors.—This may be effected…
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