The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-11-11
In The Maze d lAD hsallA Board 1
Special Laboratory.
AavWva TOMBSTONE AT BUSINESS
sas the Qualifications Now Piec :
ms w Position rev outiit-M
orosoopy Bursku wcrs.


day and found that official lucy amidst
a bewildering array OF retorts, cruel.
bles. eyaporating dishes, casseroles.
burttes. beskers. measuring glasses,
hydromeseiS. re-aeent bottles, bells,
tunnels, watch dishes, glass jars and
the hundred and one articles that NO
TO make up the "Omnium gatherum'
OF a chemical laboratory.
Mr.. Arthur Johnstone, the official
referred to, had just finished unpack-
ing "A shipment Of goods from abroad,
but nevertheless accorded the press
representative a courteous welcome.
The latter az once proceeded to exam
inc the principal objects In the room.
BY far the most attractive Of all the
miscellanea that meet the eye OF the
observant visitor II goes without say
ing. Is the mlsoroscope, partly wrapped
in chamois leather and covered with
a glass bell, like those used for the
protection OF French ormolu clock.
IL is a splendid instrument with achro-
matte and apochromatic lenses. This,
IL may be stated, means that the cur
Natures of the lenses are SO adjusted
that the chromatic alteration pro-
duced by the one Is corrected by the
other, and light emerges from the
compound lens undecomposed. This
beautifully finished instrument was
manufactured by c. Reichert, OF Wen
na-who Is perhaps one OF the best
makers in the vorld-and specially
ordered by MIR. tombstone TO meet the
particular requirements OF the local
Government. To this belongs au as
sortment of lenses, about thirty in
number, all of different strength; also
several compromising eyepieces, the
latter containing three or four COM
pound lenses each. The highest mag
nifying power obtainable with the aid
OF this outfit Is 1885, and the lowest s.
This triumph of the opticians skill
representing, with all the necessary
addenda, an outlay OF not much less
uhan $1,000, Is Mr.. Johnstone's private
property and to one less sympathetic
IL would have seemed almost amusing
TO watch him lowering over IL with
that tender and solicitous care which
stamps him as the true sayant. az
though 1t We're living. breathing
thing of flesh and blood. The thoughts
of the writer invOluntarily Travelled
away to that intrepid scientist on tor
OF Mount Vesuvius, who Is SO absorb.
ingly and enthusiastically ehgrossec
with his study oil natural Phenomena
that he cannot be induced 10 seek saie'
" from the awful and destructive plu'
tonic forces which are hemming hin
in on every side and threaten himself
and his observatory with humiliation
Appended 10 tne ABOVE aeseripeu IN
strumeM Is a microscope lamp whici
possesses the advantage OF carrglnt
the rays rom ths name Directly 10 th'
object through soiid grass tnDe ah'
Yields Az per cent more lisht lhah TN
old"fashioned bhii s-eye lahterh' ais'
blue glasses Tor modliying the hght
the smaller ones Deing OF cUDait, ah'
manufactured by Messrs. Poweil q lie
land, London. Next comes micro
meter eyepiece, whlch VIII measure
distance OF Two huhdreu an" MT!
thousandth part OF an men, usea 10
ascertalhihg the uihehsiohs vi hi''ro
scopic objects; compressor LOT eN
animation OF PORK suspected OF penn
anected by trichiha' as adopted ny TN
Government or the Ohited state
where, 1t Is asserted by statisticiahs
there are ahhuaiy examiner SUM
3o'ooo'Voo hoss LOT Vnis orea~eu paa
slte' ana SET OIL cheniie"i paiahee
manufacturer ny E'he ahep",
New iork' capapie Vi meIsh'ns Que
tehth vi ihi,iosraHh' iheie ",so w
ions 10 THESE paiahees d SCI vi pea"''
iuiiy hhisheu Weishts, the sna''e'
Which are ii,aue VI platinum
Among o.he, .hinss snoMh W.. :"
incubator, useu IN ehe .u'e"re "a se...
Whion win NC apprieu " NUN y, W"ss
inspeolion anu WIZ NC a. INC uisp''a
Oh une pn'siuians vi .ne po'u .
mea',h d. an lines, ,np.o,ea sa'e
nho lamps io' ,apo'a 49, ppos &c..
tho pos' anu uno'. ~, p a,,oa
nu ene n "a n nm" a,i.,a %
nvas, 49, na,ant borne.,,o clos
eapV Iii. , wa,.u a.,
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