The preparation and mounting of microscopic objects (1874)
Davies, Thomas, microscopist, Matthews, John, M. D · New York : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 156
ework of an ordinary foot-lathe I attach an upright spindle (see engraving). On thisupright spindle I drive by a band passing over carry-pulleys from the wheel below. On the top of this spindleI fix my cutting-disc, which is made from a very thinpiece of sheet iron, and is about six inches in… … With this method I have cut sections of fossil wood so thinthat all its structure has been well defined and requirednothing but mounting in balsam; this has been silicatedfossil wood. In cutting calcareous fossil wood, I have tocut the sections thicker and grind them down. My grindingapparatus is…
