, 1870-06-19
New World OF yvondcrz-An Assouish-
ing Discovery.

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The microscope las been called mans sixth
sense. Alter e1hausting all the natural pow
ets, unaiaed by sc1cnce, there ret remains an
unknown world Of nature to which the aensea
have no access. The microscope opens this
snazlng creation to our vision and We lind
forms, in comparison With which tie erusser
structures seem quite imperfect.
The earth On which we trnad ia in many
places simply tho remains Of living thugs
Which once moved, md fel: the sunlight, aud
died to build mp world Of variety md usoful-
ness for man ID his turn to 1.-Two and die upon.
The city Of Richmond is built upon such a
graveyard. Tho chalk cliNs OF Englanl ara
made Of dead infusoria- Tho rotten stone
with which NC polish metals il only tho shells
OF minute creaturea whoee day Of existence
vas millions Of yeala ago. The di1t-caters OF
Lapland. Of North Carolina, and California, de-
vouz tho remains Of organized life, and derive
rsarislmeut from the animal matter r5h1ch has
scrrived countless ages for these Hretched be-
iDSs to feed upon.
tie tube upon which science has conferred
these marvellous powers and science IL Jst
ce1selessy working on TO re8u1ta more sutpiis-
lEG. The Last advance, which has Just heau
made 10 shis city, Is . very large one. Cuti1
now the best microscope magniheI an otjec.
actual size, and very faw microscopes ever
saw such power The President Of the Royal
Society Of England last summer showed shell
magnihed one and forty-four millions times,
anu this excited the nstonishueut of MICRO
scnpists throughout the world But the new
optical combination Just completed In this city
exhibits the eznae object under enlargement
Of ming thousand millions times its natuai
magnitude. Il an ordinary domestic fy could
be seen entire under masnidcation, it would
city Of New YORK below Wall street. A man
would appear more than hundred miles high;
and Lady y hair would reach half way from
New York to New Haven
This wonderful strcmept Is so sensitive
that a loud word spoken near it destroys sll
dlstlnctness Of viaion, from the trcn,or impair
| ted TO it BY tho motiou Of the air, and Il foot
| step on The door shakes It ont II adjustment
l Tho field OF view-that is, tho area which can
be seen It once-is circle only the one
it appears to the eye T. be eight inches in
diameter. i microscopic shell called an anq,lla-
tim, OF which about cue hundred and forty
placed end to end will reach an inch, and
which is simply marked with lines Of the most
exquisite delicacy when e1aminedFunder o1lia-
aIily powerful microscopes, exhibits under
the new instrument half globes OF white ailex,
whofe ilaneter9 appear to he an inch and
three quarters and OF which only fifteen can
le seen 1t once. In reality the point Of q
which The fifteen half globes exist, and yet
that circle appears Like q dessert plate covered
with lady-apples.
Ifese wonders We have seen but how they
are produced only men OF science can fully
explain and understand. Tho honor Of the
invention belongs TO Mr.. Edward n. Dicken-
son, the distinguished lawyer and engineer OF
| this city: Is \ mic1oscopiea! e1pa1t, how
ever. he is bat IN amateuE, and not pro-
fession11 deyotee Of the instrument and he
hss arrived At this miraculous discovery b7
profound study Of the Laws OF optics,
and By elaborate aud exhaustive m7theuati-
cal calculstions- We should add that he is q
member Of the Bailey Nicroscopical Club, an
association composed Of the most skilful MI
croeeopists Of the country, which is dong
much to advance this department Of scienee,
80 interesting and so useful to humanity.