Q: This set of almost 70 microscope slides from the 1800s includes 12 novelty slides, “microdot” efforts showing the Royal Family, Niagara Falls, etc. Many are labelled with specimen name, preserving ...
In the mid- to late-19th century, science gripped the public imagination. Literacy rates were rising, feeding demand for books. Theories, put forward in books like Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, ...