stage forceps

A device for holding an object upon the stage of a compound microscope. stage-manage, v. i. & t. A. In trans.: To act as stage-manager. "He po e ed two of the e ential elements that make succe he could write and stage - manage ; but his plots were weak and flimsy."- Pall Mall Gazette . B. Trans.: To superintend the production of upon the stage. "He can build, he can write, he can stage-manage his own work." - Pall Mall Gazette . stage-manager, s . One who superintends the production and performance of a play, and regulates all matters behind the scenes. stage-micrometer, s. One adapted to the stage of a microscope, to measure an object within the field of view. stage-plate, s. Optics: A gla plate 4x11⁄2 inches, on the stage of a microscope, having a narrow ledge of gla cemented along one edge to hold an object when the instrument is inclined. It may form the bottom-plate of a growing-slide.