Microscope Slides

High quality soda-lime glass microscope slides. Plain surface with ground edges and 90 degree corners. Ideal for use in the diagnosis and investigation of all types of specimens. Slides have undergone an automatic cleaning process, which makes them ready for use upon arrival. Slides are supplied 72 per box. Pairs well with our glass cover slips.

Find instructions to prepare different methods of microscope slides, including dry mounts, wet mounts, and smears, with ideas for objects to examine.

George Harris (W. White)

Microscope slides are used to examine single-celled organisms and to look up-close at small plants and organisms. There are two types of prepared slides: dry mounts and wet mounts. Each type of preparation method is used for mounting...

When your budget is tight but you have a desire to teach your children about the microscope what do you do? You make your own homemade microscope slides!

In the early 20th century, Arthur Earland and Edward Heron-Allen volunteered at what’s now called the Natural History Museum, London (NHM). The two men spent their time researching fossils of…

Victorians peered at strange and beautiful things under their microscopes — butterfly scales, insect shells and centuries-old beard hair, for example. Take a peek at some of these antique slides.

The AmScope 50pc Pre-Cleaned Blank Microscope Slides and 100pc Square Cover Slips is a package of 50pc pre-cleaned blank microscope slides and 100pc square coverslips. The dimensions of the slide are 1\" x 3\" (25.4x76.2mm) with ground edges. The coverslips are 23/32 x 23/32\" (18x18mm) and 0.006\" (0.15mm) in thickness. Use microscope slides to hold objects and specimens for observation under the microscope. Use a variety of sizes to examine different objects and compounds. Protect the…

Onion Mitosis Slide, lateral slice, 10 micrometers. Hematoxylin stained to show all stages of mitosis. Early stage is clearly visible and recognizable in the onion root tip.