An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope / including a description of the methods of preparing and mounting objects, etc.

The text opens with a clear account of a microscope’s parts, movements, and accessory apparatus, then gives step-by-step methods for preparing, mounting, and preserving specimens. It surveys vegetable structures and organs (including ferns, mosses, algae, lichens, and fungi) and describes animal elements, tissues, and small animals such as articulated and radiate forms and protozoa, illustrated by numerous coloured figures that note magnifying power. A chapter outlines optical principles, including polarized light, while technical terms are explained, indexed, and etymologized. Practical directions and an emphasis on specimen collection make the material a concise, hands-on course for beginning microscopists.