Note 11 — PART I.
Reading edition
A crochet-needle holder made of bone, and which may be bought at the smallware dealers’ for about sixpence, makes an admirable handle for microscopical needles. At one extremity there is a small cavity, closed with a cap, for the storage of reserve needles, whilst the other end terminates in a metal tip, provided with a crucial slit and central perforation for the reception of the needle in actual use, and so arranged that, by means of a small screw-nut, needles of various sizes may be firmly held in position.