The Victorian microscope slide makers used great ingenuity in making impressive slides for wealthy microscope users to own and delight in viewing.
In an era with no radio or TV, it is sometimes suggested that gathering round the microscope was akin to gathering around the piano.
This is one such slide of arranged butterfly eggs. Unfortunately, it has no labels, though it is typical of those sold by W Watson and Sons.
I am unclear if species were kept to yield the eggs, or if these were taken from the wild.
Arrangement is approx. 5mm diameter.
butterfly egg arrangement
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butterfly egg arrangement
regards, Mike.
Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like bananas.
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Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like bananas.
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