Victorians were also fascinated by Egyptian mummies. They were collected avidly and even unwrapped at events. Not surprisingly, mummies also found their way under the microscope. These slides contain, ...

Rotate the objective lenses so that the low-power, eg x10, is in line with the stage. Image caption, Turn the coarse focus so that the stage is as close to the objective lens as possible. You should ...

The Museum has around 2.5 million microscope slides in its collections, which are either vertically or horizontally stored. The Digital Collections Programme has developed a slide digitisation ...

Turn the coarse focus so that the stage is as close to the objective lens as possible. You should not look through the microscope to do this. Line it up so that the specimen - if you can see it - is ...