. The microscope and its revelations. nts the plan of the top of thetable. The whole area beneath should be unoccupied, but at A and13 drawers may be put, not extending more than four inches belowthe under surface of the top of the table ; on the side B a coupleof shallow drawers, with everything required in the form of scalpels,needles, scissors, forceps, pipettes, life-slides, ttc. in the upper one,and jilii-rs. ruttiiKj i>liers, small shears, files of various coarsenessesand finenesses, etc. in the other ; on the A side a single drawer con-taining slips, covers of various thicknesses, bo
. The microscope and its revelations. nts the plan of the top of thetable. The whole area beneath should be unoccupied, but at A and13 drawers may be put, not extending more than four inches belowthe under surface of the top of the table ; on the side B a coupleof shallow drawers, with everything required in the form of scalpels,needles, scissors, forceps, pipettes, life-slides, ttc. in the upper one,and jilii-rs. ruttiiKj i>liers, small shears, files of various coarsenessesand finenesses, etc. in the other ; on the A side a single drawer con-taining slips, covers of various thicknesses, bone, tin, glass, and othercells of all (assorted) sizes, watch-glasses, staining cups or (if vised), saw with fine teeth, hones of various shapes, pewterjilnte, for grinding and polishing glass, platinum capsule, camera/>«•/</«. three JSo. 2 sable brushes (water-colour), etc. In this way all that is needed for dissection or mounting will bewithin reach without moving from the chair ; and if by an arrange-. FIG. 006.—Dissecting and mounting table. merit which most moderately ingenious manipulators could accom-plish, each of the articles in the drawers has a fixed place, there willbe no difficulty in finding by touch what is wanted. The table top may be of pitch pine stained black, or, still better,sonic very hard wood finished smoothly, but grey. The space in the figure immediately in front of the operatormay be cut out to a convenient size and thickness. A thick plate-glass slab whose edges on the right and left sides shall be slightlybevelled, so thai it may slide firmly into a prepared space cut intothe surface of the table, should occupy this space, the surface beingexactly level with the surface of the table. This plate of glass shouldhe made black on its under side, so as to present a uniform blackxnrfitci-. This is often of great value in certain kinds of useful is a pnrrfi/ n-liiti unabsorbent surface, and a slab ofir/iitf /inr
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