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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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 Stem

Some years ago ESP were a major supplier of educational microscope slides of quality. These are 14 excellent slides of various plant stems. All have been stained with the classic safranin and fast green combination.

Price £16.00 +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

Biologic Mammalian Slides (3493)

This is a set of 25 slides of mammalian tissues prepared by the South African company Biologic. The owners of this company spent many years acquiring their skills in pathology laboratories in Bristol UK. They were highly regarded for preparing slides with exceptionally large surface areas of the subject, which were expertly sectioned and stained. While they manufactured their slides in South Africa to supply local schools, universities, and laboratories, their reputation for precision has led to global distribution. The material was exclusively prepared only from road kill animals. This is an excellent set.

Price £43.33 + vat

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

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

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

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

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

Chick Development Slides (3530)

A series of six slides of embryology . Using the developing chick at various timed stages.

13, 24, 30, 48, 72 and 120 hours respectively. They have been stained to show the cellular structure as mitosis takes place.

Price £14.00 + vat

Textile Fibres (3531a)

The range of materials and tissues that ESP made microscope slides from in their heyday is indeed impressive. This is a set of eleven slides of various textiles, including, with tongue in cheek for comparison, Yak hair. The other 10 slides are from polyester, nylon,silk, linen, wool,processed wool,cotton,cotton fabric,nylon fabric and polyester fabric. These look excellent trough crossed polarisers.

Price £18.00 + vat

Sections of Leaf (3532)

Educational and Scientific Products (ESP) were based in West Sussex, United Kingdom. The company was a highly regarded and prominent supplier of premium, professionally stained educational microscope slides. This is a set of sixteen mixed sections of leaf that have been appropriately stained to show structure. Excellent set,

Price £22.00 + vat

ESP Specialist Slide Set (3505)

The ESP Technical staff (now long retired) were without doubt skilful. This is a set of twenty five slides of their best. We have chosen them either because of the method of preparation or the unusual specimen type for example a section of the entire olfactory region, whole section of rabbit and mouse embryo, whole mount of a small shark!, motor nerve stained with silver within muscle, both lung and kidney that have been injected to show the internal pathways before processing and sectioning, tissue showing TB, human female chromosomes to list a few examples. A superb set.

Price £60.00 + vat

Set of Parasite slides

A collection of eighteen slides with many of parts and whole mount s of worms and flukes together with some key parts of insects. The full list is shown here.

Price £15.00 + vat