The study of human cell anatomy is difficult in some respects, but again microscope slides of human cell specimens can be prepared or purchased. But let’s begin at the top. Most microscopists can supply plenty of their own hairs to examine. With the use of the microscope, compare a hair of your own […]

Looking through the microscope, you may see something so striking that you wish to show it to others or study it again later. You may have a series of slides to record the changes in some plant at different parts at different seasons, or collect slides of different parts of some insect. If […]

Wet mounting is a mounting process, which used usually to study the components of liquid. Most liquids will form a few bubbles and you should learn to recognize these.
Put a small drop of a liquid laundry detergent on a slide.
With the use of narrow edge of a second slide, push the drop lengthwise […]

How the paper fibers and textile fabrics look like under the microscope?
Try to examine bits of individual wood fibers and you would notice that they are spiraled, showing that they were once live cells of trees. If you compared the newsprint to stationery paper, which is made of linen fiber, is more textured. […]

With a microscope, you can watch a crystal garden grow right on a glass slide.
You can do this by dissolving two tablespoon of salt in one-quarter cup of water. You will notice that some of the salt will remain in the bottom of the cup.
Next, place a drop of the clear liquid on […]