In the mid- to late-1800s, microscopes were not only instruments ... and to learn about the mounters who assembled them, thanks to antique slide collectors who delve into the lives of those ...

thanks to antique slide collectors who delve into the lives of those who made these microscopic pieces of art. [Nature Under Glass: Gallery of Victorian Microscope Slides] One of the strangest ...

The microscope slide containing the diatom indicates it was collected in Maryland and made by someone identified only as "FM," according to the slide's owner Howard Lynk, an antique slide ...