
THROUGH A MICROSCOPE
SOMETHING OF THE SCIENCE
TOGETHER WITH MANY CURIOUS OBSERVATIONS
INDOOR AND OUT
AND DIRECTIONS FOR A HOME-MADE MICROSCOPE
BY
SAMUEL WELLS, MARY TREAT AND
FREDERICK LEROY SARGENT
CHICAGO
The Interstate Publishing Company
BOSTON: 30 FRANKLIN STREET
Copyright, 1886,
by
Interstate Publishing Company.
CONTENTS.
| Chapter. | Page. | |
| I. | Through a Microscope | 7 |
| II. | The Outfit | 14 |
| III. | The Objects | 20 |
| IV. | Home Experiments | 26 |
| V. | Cochituate Water | 33 |
| VI. | Interesting objects | 39 |
| VII. | The Brickmaker | 46 |
| VIII. | The Vorticellas | 54 |
| IX. | The Utricularia | 61 |
| X. | Free Swimming Animalcules | 70 |
| XI. | On the Beach | 78 |
| XII. | Rizopods | 86 |
| XIII. | How to See a Dandelion | 97 |
| XIV. | How to See a Bumble Bee | 107 |
| XV. | Some Little Things to See | 114 |