Microscope Slide
notes: label: Description
content: David S. Holman (1841-1901) was a professor of natural sciences at Girard College and then the actuary of the Franklin Institute who, in 1873, introduced a glass slide with a slight depression that allowed microscopic creatures to be seen while still alive. This slide is of that sort.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Miss Charlotte B. Ward
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.174919.64
label: catalog number
content: 174919.64
label: accession number
content: 174919
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Slide, Microscope
label: Other Terms
content: Slide, Microscope; Diagnostic Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: case: 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.27 cm x 8.255 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: slide: 1/8 in x 3 in x 1 in; .3175 cm x 7.62 cm x 2.54 cm