The Microscopist: A Complete Manual on the Use of the Microscope (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Scherzer, Karl Carl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1440057141 ISBN 13: 9781440057144

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2010

Synopsis

From the earliest period of scientific research, the magnifying properties of lenses have been used to penetrate the arcana of nature, and with most striking results, A vast amount of information, which could have been obtained in no other way, has been added, by microscopic observation, to almost every branch of natural science.
To the Christian philosopher, the microscope reveals the most amazing evidenco of that Creative Power and Wisdom before which great and small are terms without meaning. He rises from the contemplation of the minutisB which it displays, feeling more strongly than ever the force of those beautiful words-" If God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you ? O ye of little faith V
To the geologist, it reveals the strikiog, yet humbling fact, that the world on which we tread is but the wreck of ancient

Table of Contents

Chapter I The History and Importance of Microscopic Investigation, 13 II The Microscope, 22; III Adjuncts to the Microscope, 41; IV How to Use the Microscope, 51 V On Mounting and Preserving Objects for Examination, 55; VI On Procuring Objects for the Microscope, 67; VII Test Objects, 110; VIII On Dissecting Objects for the Microscope, 118 IX The Cell-Doctrine of Physiology, 129; X Examination of Morbid Structures, Etc, 139; XI On Minute Injections, 158; XII Examination of Urinary Deposits, 169; XIII On Polarized Light, 188; XIV Miscellaneous Hints to Microscopists, 196

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1440057141
• ISBN 13: 9781440057144
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 222