laining a seeming plagiarism at page 32.
of my _Essay on the Stereoscope_? I have just seen, for the first time, the
October number of the _Journal of Microscopical Science_, whereby I learn
that Mr. Wenham and Mr. Riddell have anticipated me in the theory of the
_Binocular Compound Microscope_. Up to this time I was not aware of the
fact that the subject had received the attention it deserves, and my own
suggestions, founded upon a series of careful experiments made during the
last eight months, were thrown out for the simple purpose of calling
attention to the utility and practicability of a _Binocular Compound
Microscope_.

C. MANSFIELD INGLEBY.

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