Proceedings of the American Society Microscopists

Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Society of Microscopists: Eighth Annual Meeting, Held at Cleveland, O., August 18, 19, 20 and 21, 1885 In selecting a theme, proper for presentation upon an occasion like this, I have experienced no small difficulty. The Presidents who .have preceded me have well-nigh exhausted all that could be said upon the history and applications of the microscope, and I labor under an especial disadvantage in appearing next after the able statesman and soldier whose counsel and wisdom contributed so materially to the success of the meeting at Rochester last year. Indeed, I must here be allowed to say, that had I been present at the close of that meeting I should, peremptorily, have declined to accept the high honor conferred upon me, and would have urged the claims of others of our members who have contributed far more than myself to make our Society thus far a success. In the great field of physical science, especially that branch of it which demands the most of my time during the year, astronomy, the use of the microscope comes to me as a recreation, fascinating and every way pleasant, but yet not, as to the biologist, the all important instrument, without which not the first step in advance can be made. In this great and all important, I might almost say, the most of all important, science, we have many earnest and genuine About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.