Various samples as visualized using polarized light microscopy*.
| 158 | New Red sandstone |
| 159 | Quartz |
| 160 | granite |
| 161 | Sulph copper |
| 162 | Salinginine |
| 163 | Sulph. Iron & Cobalt |
| 164 | Borax |
| 165 | Sulph. nickel & potash |
| 166 | Kreatine |
| 167 | Starch granules |
| 168 | Aspartic acid |
| 169 | Fibro cells—orchid |
| 170 | Equisetum cuticle |
| 171 | Holothuria spicula, Australia |
| 172 | Holothuria spicula, Port Essington |
| 173 | Deutzia scabra, upper and under surface |
| 174 | Cat's tongue process |
| 175 | Prawn shell, exuvia with crystals |
| 176 | Grayling scales |
| 177 | Scyllium caniculum scale |
| 178 | Rhinoceros horn, transverse section |
| 179 | Horse hoof |
| 180 | Dytiscus, elytra with crystals of lime |
*From Hogg, J. 1989. The Microscope. Its history, construction, and application. George Routledgs and Sons. London.
A polarizing microscope from the era of Soleil showing the position of the Nicol prisms. An instrument like this, and the Microscope No. 74 from the Golub Collection would have captured images like the ones displayed here.
(Potter, R. 1856. Physical Optics. Taylor and Francis, London.