The daily gazette., 1882-05-26
MYSTERIES OF N 1CRosooPY.
The Annual SOiree of the Camden, N. j.
MicrOscOpical SOciety-The wilmington
Society Represented.

MicroscOpical Society--The Wilmington
Society Represented.
The annual soiree of the Camden, N. j.,
MicrOscopical Society WINS held last night in
Camden and was ATTENDED by large numbers
OF those interested in the study of micro
scopy from Chester, West Chester, Lancaster,
Philadelphia, Wilmington and other places.
The Microscopical Society of this city was
fully represented and had four stands on
exhibition. The Wilmington party con-
sisted of Mr.. Geo. w. Baker, DIR. j. Harman
Rile and Messrs. William Badenkoff, John
b. Triebler, Homer A. Herr and j. B. Bell.
The party went up at 5.17 and returned by
the IL .32 train.
Altogether there were about fifty instru-
ments in use, displaying of variety microsco-
pic life that was not only exceedingly interest
ing and entertaining, but highly Instructive.
The instruments were arranged on long
tables running parallel along the spacious
rooms of Morgan's Hall, and during the en-
tire evening continuous stream of ladies
and gentlemen crowded the hall, passing
and repassing from one interesting exhibit to
another. Wilmington's display was very
creditable one, and the circulation of sap in
anacharis, exhibited by DR.. Rile, and the
trichina spiralis by polarized light, by Mr..
Treibler, were especially attractive. Proba-
bly, the most interesting exhibit of the even
ing was the circulation Of the blood in tad
pole, by Mr.. Thomas Moore of Chester, Pa.
Another very fine and somewhat amusing
exhibit was that of Dr. III. e. Wood of West
Chester, showing the hydra and water fea
The exhibits in detail were as follows:
CAMDEN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY.
Human lung-Dr. NJ. F. Middleton.
Spiracle Of dytiscus. The wicked flea, on
projecting microscope &C. Henry Kahn.
Ditchwater life, lnfusoria-L. I. De Rousse.
Triehina-Onan b. Gross. Cluster cup
q. X. Fortiner. Proboacis of common house
hy-A. p. Brown. Eye of small forest fly,
a very interesting exhibit. P. r. Carney.
Chemical crystals of asparagin, by polari-
scope, exceedingly beautitul-H. s. Forti-
ner. Animalcul@ in dItchwater, large and
small rotiter-W. &. Morrison
ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHIL
ADELHHIA.
Clover leaf; micro photographs, " The
Three Graces tongue of u blow fly dia-
toms, synapta platino cyanide OF mag
nisium under polariscdpe, one Of the most
exquisite things shown; tongue of a cat in
jected with carmine-all by r. IL j. Beck.
Animalcule in water A. " Sayre Isthma
nervosa head of mosquito and leaf of
deutzea scabra. Trachea of dytiscus-Jo Joseph
Stokes. Aneimia Mericana-Charles Schaf-
fer, NJ. ID. Circulation of blood in salaman-
der-Charles Bowdin.
LANCASTER, PA.
Human tongue-Cole. Micro photograph,
Garfield and wife. Eye of bee, com
pound. Fish scale. Endogenous-Cole.
Fossil fern in coal.
WEST CHESTER, PA.
Pond life--Dr. Wood. Seeds of common
mallow-Dr. jackson. Lichen, showing
apothecia and part Of the thallus of ella
donia-Addison May. Pond life, water flea
Joseph Thorne. Crystalized quartz under
polarized light, from Oregon-W. w. JEFF
ferris. Crystalized gypsum by poIarized
light-Dr. j. e. Green.
... CHESTER, Pa
Circulation in tad pole-Thomas Moore
Tongue of rabbit DR.. r. II. Miner
Flower of deutzea-Thomas A. Moore.
WILMINGTON, DEL.
Part of the wing of d marine fly and shells
on sea moss, George W. Baker.
Circulation in anaclaris, under power of
800 diameters, ,and Euglina viridis infusoria-
Dr. j. Harman Rile. Trichina spiralis and
Salicin crystals by pblarized light under Il
power of 800 damettrs-John b. Trebler.
Ophion macrum (foot of common dragon
tly) and frogs blood u. B. Bell.
The exhibition throughout was of very
high order and did not close till late hour.
1t is understood that the Wilmington Society
contemplate soiree at no distant day, for
which invitations will be issued to the micro
scopists of Chester, Philadelphia, Camden,
Trenton, West Chester, Lancaster, Media
and other neighboring cities.