Many microscopists have at least one microphotograph in their slide collection. I have just the one. However despite there being an excellent book on the greatest producer of them, J B Dancer, I cannot find mine listed.
"H.R.H. Prince
Albert", photograph from slide by Mike Samworth
The actual microphotograph is 1.9mm by 1.7mm on the microscope
slide. I took it using the Zeiss Universal and a x2.5 Plan
objective onto Fuji Velvia.
The slide itself has the usual J B Dancer label, but without his name or initials. This would seem to suggest it is by Richard Suter using Dancer's materials but I cannot find it amongst his lists. There are certainly slides of the same subject, H.R.H. Prince Albert, which is the title on the slide label, but they are not of this actual view.
If anyone can find a reference to this slide I would appreciate finding out its source.
Comments to the author Mike
Samworth,
Micscape contributor welcomed.
Editor's note: An article on the microphotographs of Dancer (and
Suter) is in our library. Also read an
article on the life of J B Dancer and an article on various techniques used to reproduce small text and
photos from Victorian times to the present.
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