Download or read book The Journal of Microscopy and Natural Science, 1887, Vol. 6 written by Alfred Allen and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Journal of Microscopy and Natural Science, 1887, Vol. 6: The Journal of the Postal Microscopical Society What, then, is the special mission of the Postal Microscopical Society? Let us seek an answer in its history What was the first conception of the society by Mr. Atkinson, its first President? He says in his first letter to Science Gossip, in May, 187 3, Let a certain number of persons, living in different parts of the country, agree to form a Postal Cabinet Association, and in his letter he further developes a plan, which, after modification and assistance from Mr. Allen, our present secretary, resulted in the establish ment of our society: the essence of the whole being the association Of a number of workers separated from each other by long distances, and thus isolated in their work but now, by means of the post, linked together into a brotherhood, and enabled to communicate with each other, and to obtain en couragement, sympathy, and instruction from intercommunication. 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.