APPENDIX LABORATORY EQUIPMENT THE following articles comprise a simple equipment for a laboratory class of ten. The equipment for larger classes is proportionately less in price. The following articles may be obtained from any reliable dealer in laboratory supplies, such as the Bausch and Lomb Optical Company of Rochester, N.Y. 1 balance, Harvard trip style, with weights on carrier. 1 set gram weights, 1 mg. to 100 g. 1 bell jar, about 365 mm. high by 165 mm. in diameter. 25 250 c.c. glass-stoppered bottles for stock solutions. 1 test tube rack. 5 test tube brushes. 2 graduated cylinders, one to 100 c.c., one to 500 c.c. 1 package filter paper 300 mm. in diameter. 4 flasks, Ehrlenmeyer form, 800 c.c. capacity. 2 glass funnels, one 50, one 150 mm. in diameter. 10 Petri dishes, 100 mm. in diameter, 10 mm. in depth. 10 stender dishes 30 mm. by 50 mm. 10 pairs scissors. 10 pairs forceps. 20 needles in handles. 10 scalpels. 10 feet glass tubing, soft, sizes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, assorted. 1 oblong aquarium jar, 10 liters capacity. 12 mason jars, pints. 12 mason jars, quarts. 2 specimen jars, glass tops, of about 1 liter capacity. 1 alcohol lamp. 10 hand magnifers, vulcanite or tripod form. 2 compound demonstration microscopes or 1 more expensive compound microscope. 1 gross slides. 100 cover slips No 2. 1 razor, for cutting sections. 1 mortar and pestle. 300 insect pins, Klaeger, 3 sizes assorted. 10 bulb pipettes. 1 box rubber bands, assorted sizes. 10 feet rubber tubing to fit glass tubing, sizes 3, 5. 1 support stand with rings. 2 books test paper, red and blue. 1 chemical thermometer graduated to 100° C. 15 agate ware or tin trays about 350 mm. long by 100 wide. 10 Syracuse watch glasses. 1 spool fine copper wire. 1 gal. 95 per cent alcohol. 1 liter formol. 1 oz. iodine cryst. 1 oz. iodide of potassium. 6 oz. nitric acid. 6 oz. ammonium hydrate. lb. copper sulphate. 6 oz. glycerine. (Do not use denatured alcohol.) The materials for Pasteur's solution and Sach's nutrient solution can best be obtained from a druggist at the time needed and in very small and accurately measured quantities. INDEX Illustrations are indicated by page numerals in bold-faced type. Absorption, by root hairs, 86; course of food after, 341; in intestine, 342; in stomach, 338; into blood, 340; organs of (villi), 341. Accessory fruit, 51. Alcohol, effect on the nervous sys- tem, 411; effect on nerve cells, 413; effect on the respiratory organs, 389; effect on the vocal organs, 427; "Accommodation" in human eye, Alcohol poisoning, 413; 425. in mantis, 232. moral effect of, 417. chlorophyll in, 173; economic importance of, 173; red, 173. Alimentary canal, comparison of, in frog and man, 331; in man, 330. Alligator, 290. Alligators and crocodiles, 290. Alternation of generations in ferns, 155; in mosses, 158. Aggressive resemblance, defined, 232; | Alveoli, function of, 381. Air, in germination, 79; in starch making, 131. Albumen, test for, 22. Alcohol, a poison, 327; as a food, 326; Atwater's experiments with, 326; effect on digestion, 343; effect on the eye, 426; effect on the heart, 361; effect on the kidney. 393; Ambulacræ, 203. Ambulacral grooves, 203. Amaba, 182; asexual reproduction in, 182, 183; oxidation in, 182; structure of, 182. Amphibia, characteristics of, 280; classification of, 285; examples of, 284. Ampulla, 204. Angiosperms, defined, 151. Annual rings, 108. Annulus, 153. Anther, 31. Antheridium, in fern, 154, 155; in liverworts, 159; in moss, 158. Ants, life history of, 253; talking of, 254. Beetles, economic importance of, 245; sexual dimorphism in, 246; useful to man, 246. Ants' nest, artificial, 252, (note) Berry, 52, 53. 253. Aphids, 247; life history of, 248. Aphids and ants, 249. Arteries, structure of, 353, 354. Ascent of sap, causes of, 113. Ascus (plu. asci), 166. Asexual reproduction in coral, 201; in fern, 155; in hydroids, 199; in mold, 160; in moss, 158; in paramecium, 181. Automatic acts, 408. Bacteria, diseases caused by, 170; in fermentation, 169; method of study, 169; relation to nitrogen, 94; Bacteroids forming in root cells, 94. Bark, uses of, 109. Barnacles, 225, 226. Bast fibers, 109. Bean, study of, 66. Bee, attractions offered by flower to, 38. See Bumblebee and Honey- Beer making, 168. Bile, 339. Biology defined, 11. Birds, adaptations in, 293, 296; care of young, 298; harmful to man, 298; high temperature in, 295; protection of, 292; relationship between reptiles and, 305; skeleton of, 294, 295; Birds of prey, 304. Bison, 315. Biuret test, (note) 337. Bladderwort, 139. Blade of leaf, section through, 24. Blastula, formation of, 192. Blood, amount of, 348; changes of, in body, 357; corpuscles in, 344, 345, 347; phagocytes in, 347; relation of food, air, and sleep temperature of, in cold-blooded animals, 348; temperature of, in man, 348. Blood cell, 189. Blood serum, 345. Boa constrictor, skull of, 289. Calyx, 31. Cambium, 109. Cap of mushroom, 162. Bodily heat, effect of alcohol on, 398; Capillaries, changes in blood in, 355; necessity of food, rest, and fresh Carp, anatomy of, 273. air to, 410; necessity of sleep to, 410. Carpel, 31. Cecropia moth, 237. Breathing, hygienic habits of, 388; Cell, animal, 27; |