. Botany; an elementary text for schools. Plants. REVIEW ON FLOWERS 127 lens may be mounted on a wire in a block, as in Fig. 198, A cork is slipped on the top of the wire to avoid injury to the face. The pupil should be provided with two dissecting needles (Fig. 199), made by securing an ordinary needle in a pencil-like stick. Another con- venient arrangement is shown in Fig. 200. A small tin dish is used for the base. Into this a stiff wire standard is soldered. The dish is filled with solder, to make it heavy and firm. Into a cork slipped on the standard, a cross-wire is in- serted, holding
. Botany; an elementary text for schools. Plants. REVIEW ON FLOWERS 127 lens may be mounted on a wire in a block, as in Fig. 198, A cork is slipped on the top of the wire to avoid injury to the face. The pupil should be provided with two dissecting needles (Fig. 199), made by securing an ordinary needle in a pencil-like stick. Another con- venient arrangement is shown in Fig. 200. A small tin dish is used for the base. Into this a stiff wire standard is soldered. The dish is filled with solder, to make it heavy and firm. Into a cork slipped on the standard, a cross-wire is in- serted, holding on the end a jeweler's glass. The lens can be moved up and down and sidewise. This outfit can be made for about seventy-five cents. Fig. 201 shows a convenient hand-rest or dissecting stand to be used under this lens. It may be 16 in. long, 4 in. high, and 4 or 5 in. broad. Various kinds of dissecting microscopes are on the market, and these are to be recomm'^nded when they can be 201. Dissecting Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, Macmillan Co.
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