The Red Cloud chief., 1882-05-04
The Microscope.

The Microscope.
Mr.. f.. II. Griffith. who. in adliti"n
Ia being hunorcl b. having several 80
cIciir~ named for him. j. an inventor
lul collector 81 microscopic curin-itlc-.
va, found last night by 81 Epu}iicam re-
porter al the Souih"rn Hotel.
Have you ANYTHING ri interest. NJ.
Griffith. inquired the Reporter. "totr,!
ia" world about the hubb, @ have
been riding - lpug''
l'~, h- answered. - u" walked 10
a tabl" -'anding m the center Of the
room. upon which hi pet microscope. "A
very powerful instrument. was stand
IN. ! hIy" several liltl" thing - tell
l"u. which ar" not known outside If the
profession | represent Here j, a slip
81 glass for instance, h. continued. aS
IA" picked up a narrow glass slide.
which contains the representation of
a beautiful bouquet OF flowers. The
representation, when examined with
the naked "Nc, can scarcely hr seen at
all. Ii simply looks like a small spot
This bouquet when you hook AT Il
through ia" instrument contains. ~
N"I can discover. cighty-twp distinct
iluwcrs oi arInu shades aud crlur>.
AMI each l. a. perfect a. IL would b"
p"--ihl" for an artist &" represent il an
canvas. Ia" entire bouquet. including
NIL ia" flowers. leaves. etc, was made
from the scales and hair of brazilian
butterflies. Tn" dust from the Wins
of ia" butterflies wa> picked nj and
,.i..-l -, l.. -- I 1T
London. VIII" i now dead. Dalton.
with the nd ii a microscope. picked up
"n" particle of tn" dust at a time un The
end Of a hair. AMI adjusted ii To the
slid" in such a manner that when his
task WAS finished the bouquet assumed
IL present beautiful and perfect form"
Dalton must have been a genius n
his line. was he nri2'
Yes. although IA" was diS~ipatcI. r.
rNc'llrd most of his imitaturS IN his
peculiar lin" IF art. Among micro
Sr"piSls hi works are priced ~ Highly
~ tn" works of the great masters IN
paimtin" are priced hy artist, who work
on canvas. \ painter who can paint u
cumplrt" scene on a surface ~ >mlIl -,
a yr- button i considered ~killlpl.
: aAA'''A 49, u NAAt-Af ahlll tAl ..
brush AMI dealt with particles q! m1t-
ter scarcely visible To- the naked "yc.
which he placed in their respective
positions with In" aid Of his microscope
with such accuracy that he finally pro
du"cd his representations. which are 81
correct IN every detail that artists who
have examined them critically have
been almost overcome with a,toni.h-
mcnt- This is what | call one If the
wonderful achievements If the cont
ury.'
How long did it take him To MAKE
the ~houIuct?'
lie was a fast worker, and hy labor
ing almost constantly hr could finish il.
| think. in the course of \ week ur ten
DAYS
Are the Dalton slides valuable in
America"
Yes. very valuable. There are not
over fifiy Dalton slides in this country.
and they can scarcely he purchased for
love or money. In fact. aS | said be |
fore. they are n highly priced by micro
>c"piStS throughout the world aS "A rare
painting executed hy a celebrated mas
Ter is priced hy an artist. | have also
one or two other valuable slides exc
cutcd by artists not A. noted n Dalton. |
DIR. Gral'> Elcgy. containing thirty-,wo
verses. has been photographed 10y The
ait of 4 mlrro>cp pc IN = slide within a
space of onc-icn,h of an inch SIuare
and is perfectly lcgihlc when read
a powerful instrument. II
Won desire Ia take a look through nv
instrument | al show YOU many strange
things"
The reporter looked through the in
Strumcnt. and saw among the other
the tongue IF a i!v. the toc-nail /
If 4 cnat. the digestive apparatus of a
lea. the eyebrow of an insect Too small
10 he detected with the naked eve. the
Of the blood in a mos uito'S
vein. an ah>ccS> on the back Of
/ fly'S neck. 4 fracture in an ants col
ar-bonr. and n thousand other cNtraor
sights he never saw before.
Now said the professor. rs he
out a slide containing \ spiders
eft eve that looked like a cannon-ball.
: have 4 very remarkable slide | want
you TO examine
On this remarkable slide the observer
forty-four bands IF lines.
from the rate of 2.5+O lines &c
he inch 10 Is, 500. In the lowest 81
'oarScSt band he saw Is many rs SOC
ines.
Now. ifthc last hand were crossed"
The professor. the result would he
hat - would see 5000 100
'quarcS. In the Bible there are less
han i.noo.oON letters. and consequently
I II were possible 10 place a single letter
each square there might be- copies Of
he Bible placed before the exc undcrthe
microscope on n square inch, all at
nee. ST. LgaE Republican,