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THE notion underlying this series-evident enough from the general title-is an admirable one, and the volume under review is a most useful addition to the series. The microscopist, in some instances, adopts an attitude towards his instrument not very remote from that of certain car drivers, whose mood of cheerful assurance, so long as all is well, changes to one of very helpless bleating for assistance when difficulties arise. This book is designed to give the microscopist an idea of the constructional details and the potentialities of his instrument, and, without entering into over-fine detail, the authors have given a very full account of the instrument from the practical point of view. They deal with the subject from most sides, treating, inter alia, lens and illumination problems, questions connected with the stand and with mechanical parts generally, the preparation of specimens, polarised light and photomicrography. As one would expect, there is a section dealing with ultra-violet microscopy.
Practical Microscopy.
By Prof. L. C. Martin B. K. Johnson. (Blackie's “Technique” Series.) Pp. vii + 116 + 10 plates. (London, Glasgow and Bombay: Blackie and Son, Ltd.,) 3s. 6d. net.
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F., A. Practical Microscopy . Nature 132, 10 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132010b0
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