The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-08-09
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The season Of svarmng life. vtgcta.
bic and animal has come. ana ereas
Joy fills the heart Of every possossor OF
a good microscope Man would not ha
worth much as an intelligent Great.
ure If he did not strive 10 enlarge mo
powers of his ewes and his ears. and
OF al OF his organs OF sense, in order e.
perceive and comprehend more fully
the secrets and beadtles Of nature.
The two great aLt.e of the cve hat
science has given us are the micro.
scope and telescope
Every family should have a mircrn
scope. There is no book more FUN II
instruction, and few So tolI of delight.
i need not be a large and ostly instru.
ment; indeed, it should not be Tor lie.
Ginncrs. They might easily become
confused and discouraged by The com.
plications and-cxcept To expert hands
the difficulties Of manipulating a
powerful modern microscope with ts
delicate accessories.
a simple instrument IS The best. A
very high magnifying power Is not
needed. a single cheau lens steadily
mounted viii do wonders, even vncn IL
nagnifies, but a few dancers. have
often been astonshed 70 rinl how few
persons ever use even a pocket magni-
fler. or know how TO uss one n it Is
handed to@Aem have been aecustoin.
ed for many years always 10 have
such a lens about me, as inseparable
companion as my penknitc. frequent
ly have two or three Of yarying pow
ers in my pocket and : bci'c'e could
write a book full of stories sbrt n.
teresting things ] have 8ecn with Ky
pocket magnifiers. and all Of which I
should have missed without their ready
aid.
On a teeming summer day throw
yourself on the ground beside an ant.
hin and see what little lens, costing.
perhaps. half a dollar or loss Will 90
for YOU in opening before your eyes a
world whose largest inhabitant 8
scarcely half an inch long but wherein
there exists a perfection of social or
ganization and a marshalling Of indus
try that may well amaze an on-lookina
philosopher,
For the observation of minute lie.
Of course something more powerful
than a pocket lens is needed. But tho
shops are fun Of microscopes Of every
conceivable power and price. cns'i q
from five or ten up to hundred o.
several hundred dollars II you gee
microscope whose magniiying powefs'I
run from ten liameters to a hundred
diamtetcrs ii viii be All you will need.
Remember that the superficial area II
an object is increased In apparent size
proportionately 10 the square Of The
given magnifying power. For Instance,
a flys wing with its multitude Of de- /
licate veins and IT'S simmer Of prisma /
dc colors, appeara 10000 times a.
large as life when maguified 100 diane
'ers. because 1t IS magnined 109 /
lines each way. OF course. you cannot |
see all Of a flys wing at once when Il |
Is magnifed Ike that. but you can /
move II about on the stage Of the mi
,rscope and examine different parts
u IL al your leisure.
With li,tle ingenuity, and perhaps.
It first, the assistance OF a more ex.
lerienced observer, Il is not difficult 10
zee The blood flood flowing In the
cmi-transparent foot OF living frog
Without lnjuring the animaL--July Sue.
ess.