We have a captivation with Victorian and Edwardian earned run average scientific equipment , and these microscope slides are a perfect example of why . Each slide is house in a gorgeous report natural covering , framing the sample at heart .
square-toed Microscope Slideshas an amazing collection of microscope slides and sample distribution from 1830 - 1900 . That ’s when commercial-grade industry began , thanks to a few entrepreneurial souls . The paper covering fire were originally a practical concern , a way to fasten the mica over the sample to the slide . But even after other methods of go up became usable , the paper covers rest as a means of ego - expression .
It ’s easy to get lost in the prim glide site ; in addition to slides from case-by-case mounters , the site has slides feature old flora samples , crystals , fogy , insects , as well as a few more strange samples like lion whiskers , Ra , and decay glass from Pompeii .
Victorian Microscope Slides[viaNerdcore ]
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