The Microscope. Its History, Construction, and Application 15th ed. Being a familiar introduction to the use of the instrument, and the study of microscopical science

THE MICROSCOPE ITS HISTORY, CONSTRUCTION, AND APPLICATION BEING A FAMILIAR INTRODUCTION TO THE USE OF THE INSTRUMENT, AND THE STUDY OF MICROSCOPICAL SCIENCE By JABEZ HOGG, M.R.C.S., F.R.M.S., FORMERLY AND FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS SURGEON TO THE ROYAL WESTMINSTER OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL; PAST PRESIDENT OF THE MEDICAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY; HONORARY FELLOW OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA; OF THE MEDICO-LEGAL SOCIETY, NEW YORK; OF THE BELGIAN MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY, ETC.; AUTHOR OF “ELEMENTS OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY,” “A MANUAL OF OPHTHALMOSCOPIC SURGERY,” ETC. WITH UPWARDS OF NINE HUNDRED ENGRAVED AND COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS BY TUFFEN WEST AND OTHER ARTISTS An 18th Century Microscope. FIFTEENTH EDITION RE-CONSTRUCTED, RE-WRITTEN, REVISED, AND ENLARGED THROUGHOUT LONDON AND NEW YORK GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS, LIMITED 1898

PREFACE TO THE FIFTEENTH EDITION.

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATES, COLOURED AND PLAIN.

ERRATA.

THE MICROSCOPE. - PART I.

CHAPTER I. - Elementary Optics.

CHAPTER II. - Simple and Compound Microscope.

CHAPTER III. - Applied Optics:—Eye-pieces; Achromatic Objectives; Condensers.

CHAPTER IV. - Practical Microscopy: Manipulation, and Mode of Using the Microscope.