The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-09-22
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The season OF swarming life, vegetS
bic and animal, has come. and a great
10y fills the heart of every possessor OF
a good microscope Man would not be
worth much as an Intelligent Great.
ure il he did not strive 10 enlarge the
powers of his eyes and his ears. and
Of all OF his organs of sense, in order to
perceive and comprehend more fully
the secrets and beauties OF nature.
The two great allies OF the eye that
science has given us are the micro
scope and telescope.
Every family should have a mircro,
scope. There is no book more full II
instruction, and few SO full OF delight.
II need not be a large and costly instru-
ment; indeed, 1t should not be for te-
ginners. They might easily become
confused and discouraged by the com
plications, and-except to expert hands
the difficulties of manipulating a
powerful modern microscope with its
delicate accessories.
A simple instrument IS the hest. A
very high magnifying power IS not
needed. A single cheap lens steadily
mounted viii do wonders, even lien il
magnifies. but few dismeters. have
often been astonished to finl how few
persons ever use even pocket magni-
fier. or know how to use one II II is
handed to them. | have been accustom
ed for many years always TO have
such lens about me- as inseparable q
companion as my penknifc. frequent
" ! have two or three Of varying pow
ers in my pocket and : beiic'e l could
write a book full Of stories ab1 It in
teresting things / have seen with r1S
pocket magnifiers and all OF which
should have missed without their ready
aid
On a teeming summer day throw
yourself on the ground beside an ant
hin and see what a little lens. eostins
perhaps half dollar or less will e'
for you in opening before your eyes
world whose largest iDhs5Itant !
scarcely half an inch long. but whefeii
there exists a perfection Of social or
ganization and a marshallng OF indus
try that may well amaze an on-lookin
philosopher,
For the observation of minute lie
Ct coarse something more powerful
than pocket lens is needed But th
shops are full Of microscopes of ever
conceivable power and price, costin
from five or ten up to hundred c
, several hundred dollars. II you gee
microscope whose magnifying power
run from ten diameters TO a hunlre
diamteters il will be all you will nceC
/ Remember that the superficial area q
. an object is increased In apparent siz
, proportionateiy to the square of III
, given magnifying power. For instance
, fly's wing. with its multitude Of d
= llcate veins and its Skinner OF prismi
tic colors, appears 10000 times a
large as life when magnified 100 diam'
tors. because It Is magnified n
I times each way. OF course, you cannS
r. see all sf a fly's wing at once when
y is magnified like that but you ca
move it about on the stage Of the m
erscope aud examine different par
of il at your leisure.
q with a little ingenuity, and perhsp
at first. the assistance OF more e
perlenced observer, It is not difficult
see the blood flood flowing in II
semi-transparent foot Of living fr'
'r without iniuring the animaL--July su
ress.