They are very varied both in character and appearance, and difficult of recognition, except by the skilled microscopist and pathologist.
It is an especially powerful factor in enlightening complex and difficult cases concerning medico-legal examinations, where the combined efforts of an attorney and an expert microscopist are required.
An expert microscopist and observer can at once arrive at a correct and positive conclusion as to the genuineness of an autograph.
The microscopiststared with open eyes at Peregrine, like a person who is suddenly surprised into confusion, and who does not know what to say.
He contrived to answer so dexterously, in such figurative speeches, that the microscopist feared the initiation had already begun, and that soon the mystery would be revealed which neither he nor Leuwenhock had been able to unravel.
A great variety of forms are found, both diatoms and desmids, many still undescribed, inviting the young microscopist to study and name them.
I think no one knows the entire life-history of any of these little creatures, so here is a grand chance for any young microscopist to investigate and become famous.
The slides can be procured of any large dealer in optical instruments, or, what is still better, the young microscopist can soon learn to prepare them for himself, as ample directions are given in the books on the microscope.
The tools at the disposal of the microscopist were little more than knife, forceps, scissors, needles; with acetic acid, glycerine and Canada balsam as reagents.
The discovery had to be deferred until the optician had been able to construct lenses of a higher penetrative power, and the microscopist had learned the use of coloring agents capable of dyeing the finest elements of the tissues.
At all events, he who aspires to be a true microscopist must be ready with expedients, and if he finds himself in a difficulty, he must summarily invent a method of obviating it.
Illustration] These should be made of steel; but the young microscopist will find that a second pair made of brass, and much rougher in finish, are invaluable aids as he takes his walks into the country.
It is easily made by any tinman, and if the young microscopist knows the use of solder, as all experimental philosophers ought to do, he can put it together in a few minutes.
Suppose that the young microscopist has dissected the digestive organs of a bee, and wishes to preserve it in spirit; his best plan will be to use a cell for the purpose.
Now even so simple a matter as this requires some little care, if the young microscopist really wishes to obtain the best specimens.
The microscopist ought to examine the structures of WOOD by making sections in the directions transverse and longitudinal.
An ordinary moderator lamp answers pretty well, and a small one is even better for the microscopist than one of large dimensions.
It is in the power of the microscopist to retard or hasten the change of shell, heat and light aiding development, and cold and darkness retarding it.
The nails of the fingers afford good objects for the microscopist in search of animal cells.
The scales from the butterfly's wing, the wonderful compound eyes with which insects are gifted, the structure of their feet, and their entire anatomy, are always at the service of any microscopist who really cares for his work.
We do not merely use our aids to vision for the sake of seeing beautiful things, though the microscopist sees more beauty in a day than others will see in a year.
The youngmicroscopist must remember that when he is examining any object by transmitted light, he must arrange it as flatly as possible on the glass.
An experienced microscopist keeps his fingers almost constantly upon one or other of the focusing adjustments.
Of course various other workers at once disputed Schwann's claim to priority of discovery, in particular the English microscopist Valentin, who asserted, not without some show of justice, that he was working closely along the same lines.
These could reveal something, but of course the inner secrets were for the keener insight of the microscopist alone.
To the microscopist who is interested in this work there is a wide field open.
It always lends greater interest to the hobby if objects are found and mounted by the microscopist himself.
Now for an example or two where the microscopist has the advantage of the chemist.
To the microscopist who merely uses his microscope for the pleasure he can derive from it, rather than for serious study, it may appear that the plant life of the sea falls short of the animal life as far as interest is concerned.
It is not only for his study of the minute structure of insects that this microscopist is noted, he worked upon the tadpole and the snail.
Briefly the microscope is a time saver; chemical tests occupy a considerable time; microscopic examination is quick, the experienced microscopist at once recognises what he observes.
With such specimens the only course open to the microscopist is to prepare sections.
That every pond will contain ample material for study, the microscopist knows instinctively; insect life and plant life also he studies, but the microscope is generally left at home when a visit is paid to the seaside.
These preservatives are not easily detected by the microscopist unless he be a chemist also.
White and red campion, have kidney shaped seeds studded with warts and so similar to one another that the microscopist who can distinguish one from the other may consider himself something of an expert.
Certain of the plants we shall find in our pond are so animal-like in their movements, that the microscopist who sees them for the first time may wonder whether we are not mistaken in calling them plants.
The microscopist who is compelled to give an opinion concerning the origin of a sample of blood, especially blood which is some days old, is faced with no light task.
To the chemist and the microscopist the living body presents the same difficulties, arising from the fact that everything is in perpetual change in the organism.
There happened to be a microscopist in the village who had heard the old pirate story, and he took it into his head to examine the crust on this door.
The microscopist meets with them in almost every group of animals he can examine.
The spectacle we have been describing is not by any means a rare or uncommon one, to the microscopist at least.
This network has the power of absorbing certain kinds of stains very actively, and is consequently deeply stained when treated as the microscopist commonly prepares his specimens.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "microscopist" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.