Excerpt from A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Microscope: Including the Different Methods of Preparing Examining Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Structures In presenting the second edition of this work to the public, the Author begs to offer his thanks for the favourable reception the former edition has met with. He trusts that the present from the numerous additions made to it, will be found more worthy of notice. It having been objected, that no mention was made of foreign microscopes in the first edition, this seeming omission is remedied by the description of all the best instruments now manufactured by our continental neighbours. The Author begs to offer his sincere thanks to those friends who have kindly used him during the progress of the work, and especially to Mr. Lister and Mr. Jackson, for their revision of the whole of the former edition. 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.