Prepared Slides

A set of six slides from mammal tissues that have been expertly stained with haematoxylin and Eosin. Originally prepared by ESP Ltd in Sussex. The material consists of compact bone, thyroid, peripheral nerve, salivary gland, stomach wall and areolar tissue. Complete with presentation box.

Price £10.00 + vat

ESP Slides of Bugs (2380)

Some years ago, ESP was a major supplier of educational microscope slides of quality. This is a set of six slides from what can best be described as 'bugs' The slides are of Mite, Pediculus female, Pediculus male and female, Culex image head, Culex larva and Pieris image proboscis

Each appropriately labelled and the set of six slides re boxed.

Price £7.50 + vat

ESP Stem Sections (2379)

ESP were probably the last company to produce microscope prepared slides in the UK and there quality reflects this. This is a set of six slides stained beautifully to show the appropriate structures. The material consists of Sarothamnus, Nymphaea, Vicia TS, Zea LS, Cururbita, and Dicot/ Monocot Each is appropriately labelled and the set is in a slide box

Price £7.50 + vat

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Brunel Microscopes Ltd, Langley Building, Kington Park, Kington Langley, Chippenham, Wilts SN15 5PZ. Tel: 01249 462655. mail@brunelmicroscopes.co.uk

ESP Leaf Structure Slides

Some years ago ESP were a major supplier of educational microscope slides of quality. This is a set of six slides of leaf structure stained expertly with safranin and light green to show the various components. Haircap moss, pinus female cone, acer node, monocotyledon leaf, phytophthora (water mould) and pellia. Complete with presentation slide box.

Price £10.00 +vat

ESP Slides of Flies

These are 6 slides of ‘flies’ and includes imago head, anopheles imago head and mouth, musca imago leg, anopheles ova, drosophila vestigial wing male and female and anopheles pupa whole mount.

Price £8.00 + vat

Set of Abraham Flatters Slides (3271)

Abraham Flatters was one half of Flatters and Garnett Ltd that formed in 1901 and became in the early part of that century the largest producer of slide preparations in this country - if not the world. Prior to 1901 Flatters worked alone on slide production and achieved recognition for his skills and was elected FRMS in 1902. His slides from the 1890’s were labelled in his own hand. This set of 40 slides have some labelled in his own hand with most having more printed labels. All of the top labels have the word ‘Histology’ even though quite a few of them are botanical in origin and the bottom labels have his name monogram. All have circular coverslips that have mostly been ringed in brown and yellow although the rings have lost some areas. All appear to have been mounted in Canada Balsam which of course has yellowed with age. Indeed the whole collection does show signs of its age.

The historical record tells us that Flatters displayed enormous energy and technical skills and produced a very large number of slides in his lifetime as a mounter. Unfortunately he had a difficult temperament which marked his inability to work with others for very long. Life was not good to him in many ways with his first wife committing suicide by drinking nitric acid from his own laboratory in 1903.

Price £154.17 + vat

NBS Insect Parts Slides (3272)

For many years in the later part of the last century Northern Biological Supplies owned and run by the late Eric Marson was the go to supplier of all things involved in microscope slide production as well as a significant range of prepared slides. All mounted by Eric himself with the exception of diatom and rock slides. This is a very early set of insect parts probably dating from the 1950’s or so..

Price £12.50 + vat

Biosil Sections of Leaf (3292)

Biosil was a firm operated by John Wells in the 1960’s and was well known not only for the very wide range of specimen types but also their quality. This set of six slides is from a variety of leaves. All are stained with botanical staining methods and the specimens are from Leek, Lily, Spotted Laurel, Marsh Mallow, Tulip and Box Buxus.

Price £11.67 + vat

Wooden Slide Boxes (3285)

This is a pair of wooden, stained and varnished slide boxes. Each will hold 100 slides on edge and the lid contains and index sheet. Each slide position is numbered condition excellent.

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Slides for Microfossils (3390)

This is a set of 9 slide bases that have 32 individually numbered ‘boxes’ usually used for displaying microfossils. The base is covered by a standard sized slide

Price £20.83 + vat

Tadpole/Frog Structure

This is a set of 20 slides showing the structure of the developing tadpole through to the eventual mature frog. The exact stages can be seen by clicking on the list next to this text. A relatively rare series of slides. All appropriately stained as needed. Click on the list to make it larger

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Dental Tissue Slides

An extremely unusual set of slides showing a wide variety or normal and pathology slides from the mouth. Including normal tooth section and ground tooth, gums and lip as well as a number of pathology conditions including cancers. All are good sized pieces stained with Haematoxylin and Eosin and are well presented. Click on the list to make it larger and easier to read.

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Set of 12 slides of Parasites

A set of extremely well presented slides of various parasites including parasitic blood flukes, lice, flea, worms and malarial parasites. Click on the text image to make it easier to read.

Price £29.17 + vat

Slides Showing Chromosomes

During the process of cell division the chromosomes become visible within cell nuclei before undertaking the process of mitosis or meiosis. We have never seen a set like this before that shows chromosomes from different species and several with human chromosomes including the XXY and XO variants, 14 slides in all. Stained to show the chromosomes. A x100 oil immersion lens is needed for most of these. Click on the list to enlarge it.

Price £63.00 + vat

18 slides of Worm and Insects

A set of 18 slides showing worm whole mounts. Some are parasitic others less so. Eggs of worm and fluke together with insect parts and whole mounts. All well presented. Click in the list to enlarge it to make reading easier.

Price £35.00 + vat

10 Slides of Worm and Flukes

10 slides of parasitic worms and flukes. Some are found rarely in Europe and almost not at all in the UK - trichinella for example. Others can be quite common in far eastern countries such as China. Fasciola Buski is the exceptionally large parasitic fluke that can grow up to 7.5cms and lives in the gut! Fortunately only prevalent in eastern Asia. Click on the list to enlarge the text.

Price £40.00 + vat

13 Slides showing the Processes of Cell Division

To study the cell division processes of Mitosis when the daughter cells have the same complement of chromosomes fast growing cells such as root tip and plant anthers are ideal. There are good examples here showing various stages of the process. Meiosis is the cell division in the testis and ovaries and halves the number of chromosomes in the ‘daughter’ cells. The slides are well presented and stained. A rare set. Click on the list to enlarge the text.

Price £58.33 + vat

13 Slides of Woods (3495)

Cutting sections of wood is as hard as possible (pun intended!). The material has to be softened before and after wax processing which is very time consuming. Each of these specimens had been sectioned longitudinally to the grain, transversely and obliquely and presented together on one slide. Stained to show the cell structure. These were produced by one of the last UK section providers ESP. Getting increasingly hard to find.

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10 Ground Rock Slides (3500)

Grinding pieces of rock to provide slices that can transmit light and be examined with a polarising microscope is a skill that unfortunately is quickly disappearing. These 10 slides have clearly been produced by an individual for persona study rather than commercial use. Nevertheless the size of the specimens is relatively large and the thinness remarkable. Labelled with pen and ink. And in a slide box.

Price £56.66 + vat

10 Textile Slides (3508)

The identification of the various fibres from textiles is not an easy process and in police forensic work microscopy using polarised light is a very important process. This set which includes 3 different presentations of silk and 7 others. Polarising filters will bring out the best in these presentations

Price £20.83 + vat

Test Diatom Slides (3496)

A set of 7 individual diatoms. Making slides of a specific species of diatom is in itself difficult enough. These are well presented and well mounted. Not easy to find these days

Price £31.67 + vat

NBS Foraminifera Slides (3497)

Northern Biological Supplies was a company owned by the late Eric Marson. What Eric did not know about microscope slide preparation you could write on the top of a pin! This is a set of NBS slides of foraminifera from a wide variety of sources. Each slide has it material on a black background and is double ringed in gold and black. Complete with original NBS slide box.

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Gallus Embryo Slides (3498)

The material to produce a series of slides showing the chicken egg development is of course plentiful. However the technical skill to mount the ever increasing thickness of the material is in sparse supply. These slides were produced by the UK company ESP a good few years ago. As the thickness increased the coverslips and mountant were elevated. Appropriate staining and slide ringing has been used. 8 slides in all

Price £28.33 + vat

Ground Rock Sections (3503)

A set of 34 ground rock sections covering a wide variety of material. These are mounted on the short slides that fit the various grinding platforms. Individually labelled and in a wooden presentation box. Click on the description list to make the text larger. Increasingly difficult to get hold of these days

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Rana Ovum and Tadpole (3501)

Again, the material for this type of series is plentiful. However the technical skills to present this material in a suitable format for easy microscopic examination is not so plentiful! The knowledge and skills to freeze frame for us with a microscope to catch up is less plentiful but it is here also.

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Human Tissues (3499)

There are regulations concerning the sale of slides from human tissues. These slides were made for educational purposes before 2006 and can therefore be sold within the law. They were originally prepared by ESP in the UK. All are stained with haematoxylin and eosin to show the general cellular structure and extremely well presented and appropriately labelled There are 29 slides in a presentation slide box. Sets within the law of human microscope slides are increasingly rare these days..

Price £129.17 + vat

Freshwater Life (3506)

A set of 23 slides covering water life from shrimp to volvox. These were original prepared by Educational& Scientific Products Ltd - ESP. This company was noted as being one of the last suppliers of high quality professionally stained specimens and these excellent preparations are getting in short supply now. Each has a printed label with the ESP stock code. A very nice set for those with an interest in the life in streams and ditches when we used to have them!.

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Small Insect Slides (3507)

To call this a set of ‘creepy-crawlies’ is probably accurate but does not represent the fine quality of the preparations or indeed’ this significant part of the insect world. Specimens include head louse, bed bug and flea (makes you itch!) together with mosquitos, fruit flies and the like. ESP preparations each with a printed label 16 slides with slide box. Click on the list to make the text larger.

Price £43.33 + vat

Pollen Slides by Griffin (3531)

Seven slides of pollen prepared by Griffin. The green colour on the labels dates this set to the 1980’s or so when the company that started as Griffin and George modernised its presentation approach and used different colours on slides so that the group they belong to could be seen easily - green was botanical, blue was animal histology and red for bacteria and pathology. These pollen slides then show a s green. In about 1999 Griffin was swallowed into the scientific division of Fisons Ltd. The pollen is from; heather, plantain, sorrel,spruce, the grass sweet vernal,and sycamore. Good pollen set.

Price £18.33 + vat

T. Gerrard Slide Set (3502)

This is a set of 85 slides produced for educational purposes by T.Gerrard. It is possible to fairly accurately date this set to the late 1960’s or so. Founded originally in London, the biological supply division of T.Gerrard & Co relocated to Sussex in 1663 and for a time used a green transition label that showed both London and Sussex. T. Gerrard slides were known for the quality of their preparation and presentation. The specimens cover a wide range of materials covering mainly fungi, plant, algae and pond life and in very good condition

Price £91.67 + vat

Slides of Hydra (3494)

One of the most interesting of freshwater animals. Hydra are related to jellyfish and sea anemones. They constantly renew their own bodies and therefore do not age or die. Indeed if you chop a hydra into small pieces every single piece will grow into a new hydra. A fully formed hydra is less than an inch in length but use microscopic, high velocity poisonous harpoons (nematocysts) to paralyse and eat water fleas and the like. Fascinating creatures and this is a set of slides some by Griffin and some by ESP showing the different stages of there life. Their normal process of reproduction is to produce buds which is asexual cloning to produce an exact copy of itself . They can also reproduce sexually and produce testis and ovaries.

Price £30.00 + vat

Pond Life (3529)

Pond life is probably the most interesting of sources of microscopic interest and even captures the imagination of the young scientist - if you can persuade them to put down their mobile phones for a moment! This set of 25 slides by AIM and covers the full range of pond life creatures - protozoa, algae etc too few to list but everything is covered. They have even ringed the coverslip to point towards sparse specimens like the Amoeba - shown in the image..AIM is an Australian company that specialises in producing educational equipment and supplies at a very reasonable price. An ideal set for the beginner or newly interested young scientist. Recommended for value.

Price £25.00 + vat

Bacteria (3534)

Bacteria consist more or less in three physical forms either ‘sausage’ shape - bacilli, ‘golf ball’ shaped - cocci, or spiral shaped - spirila. Most belong to the first two groups. Good and bad bacteria belong in these groups and it is not possible to know good from bad just by their shape. To help there is a staining method (the Gram test) that divides them into Gram positive (blue staining) and Gram negative (red). So there is not a lot you can see just by looking. Nevertheless bacteria seem to have a fascination with microscopists. This is a set of 12 slides all different. Just in case you are worrying the bacteria are all dead and safe but you will need a x100 oil immersion objective on your microscope to see them properly.

Price £25.00 + vat