Abstract
THE addresses and papers given in 1920 at the conjoined meeting of the Faraday, Royal Microscopical, Optical and Photomicrographic Societies and Technical Optics Committee of the British Science Guild are gathered together conveniently in the volume under notice. All the papers are by specialists in their respective branches and the whole constitutes a valu able contribution to microscopical science. The Presi dent, Sir Robert Hadfield, in his introductory address traced the history of the development of the micro scope, and papers on the earliest steps in the invention of the microscope and on the history and design of photomicrographic apparatus are contributed by Dr. Singer and Mr. Martin Duncan respectively. The future of the microscope is dealt with in suggestive papers by Mr. Barnard and Mr. Schneider, while Profs. Cheshire, Conrady and Porter discuss the mechanical design and optics of the instrument. Many experts in their particular subjects give practical details on the application of the microscope in fermentation industries, in petrology, metallurgy, engineering and metrology. Methods of illumination, the testing of objectives, and optical glass and its manufacture are other subjects dealt with. In addition to the papers themselves, a summary of the discussions following their reading is included and the volume is illustrated with many plates and figures. The work, which has been ably edited by Mr. Spiers of the Faraday Society, is indis pensable to any one desiring to follow the trend of the modern developments of the microscope and of micro scopical science.
The Microscope: Its Design, Construction and Applications. A Symposium and General Discussion by many Authorities
F. S.
Spiers
Edited by. Pp. v + 260 + plates. (London: Charles Griffin and Co., Ltd., 1920.) Price 21s. net.
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H., R. The Microscope: Its Design, Construction and Applications A Symposium and General Discussion by many Authorities . Nature 109, 370 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109370b0
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