INTRODUCTION
ASSASSINATED PRESIDENT JAMES GARFIELD’S LUNG: Stolen following his autopsy, then circulated among microscopists.
SOUVENIERS OF HUMAN CARNAGE – Microscope slides of ashes collected during the eruptions of Mts. Pelee and Souflier were sold as souvenirs to microscopists and collectors .
FISH SCALES – LEEUWENHOEK FOUND THEM, But Rabbis Ruled, “NOT REAL ENOUGH!” The earliest microscope user discovered that an eel’s skin contained hidden fish scales. According to the Bible, scales made the snake-like seafood kosher.
COFFEE BANDITS TRACKED DOWN BY MICROSCOPE WIELDING SLEUTHS
ERNST HAECKEL AND THE POLYCYSTINA:
The glass houses of protozoa were made famous by the artistic skills of the German microscopist and artist.
HANHELD MAGNIFYING LENSES: Selected examples illustrate the development of high-quality, low-power viewing devices during the nineteenth century.
KENTUCKY MEAT SHOWER: A Document Sample Has Been Found of the 1876 mysterious event when meat fell from the. Microscopic examination reveals the specimen was ripped from an animal’s lung.
MARY ANN ALLARD BOOTH 
: The life and achievements of America’s first woman microscopist of scientific stature.
GUADALOUPE WOMAN: DID SHE DROWN IN NOAH’S FLOOD? The remains of a woman found on the island of Guadeloupe led catastrophists to claim she proved the Bible’s Deluge.
PALMER SLIDE COMPANY
: an American glass manufacturing company, designed a quality microscope slide for exhibitions.
VICTORIAN DRY-MOUNTED SLIDES OF INSECTS:
Eighteenth-century England turns the microscope slide mounting of insects into a high art form.
WALTER WHITE – FIRST TO MAKE MAIL-ORDER MICROSCOPE SLIDES: An English pharmacist who turned amateur microscope slide making into an international business.
THE WELSBACH COMPANY: They lit up nineteenth-century America in more ways than one, but left New Jersey with a radioactive superfund site!
WHALEBONE SLIDES AND THOMAS D. RUSSELL: A Microscope slide manufacturer’s mislabeled work allows greater insight into the process of English commercial slide making and whaling.
WOMEN DEVOTEES OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY MICROSCOPY: While working in the shadows of famous men, women reached out to and educated the public about the advances in science and microscopy through children’s books.
JOHN BENJAMIN DANCER: His advances in microphotography (tiny pictures) led to the first microfilm, and also the microdot – a favorite of spies.
KEEPING THE FAITH: CHURCH SPONSORED BOOKS ABOUT MICROSCOPY: Religion helped popularize biology among lay readers during the Victorian Era by interlacing scripture with science.
CUT THEM UP ALIVE! LIVING ANIMAL DISSECTIONS IN CLASSROOMS: A battle of ethics that began in Victorian England and still resonates in laboratories today.
SWILL MILK, GOOD TO THE LAST DROP: The New York City scandal – Profiteers sell milk from dying cows to children.
NORDLINGER’S 100 SECTIONS OF WOODS: 
A RARE NATURALIST’S TREASURE AND A BOOK COLLECTOR’S DELIGHT
NORDLINGER AND MATHIEU: 60 TRANSVERSALES, a special issue for Forestry Students in Nancy, France
THE JESSUP COLLECTION
OF THE WOODS OF THE UNITED STATES The world’s largest collection of wood started at the American Museum of Natural History
PLAYERS TOBACCO CIGARETTE CARDS:
Colorful Trading Cards of Microscopic Views of Nature Spur Victorian England’s Captivation With Tiny Things
THE MONUMENTAL AMERICAN WOODS: Romeyn Hough’s Botanical Masterpiece
GRINDING AWAY LIVES: The Tragic Toll of Sheffield’s Fork-Grinders
MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Links to other works on the topic of natural history by Frank W. Reiser
ANTIQUE POOL AND BILLIARD BALLS Made of Clay and Elephant Ivory: Manufactured by Hyatt – Peerless in Albany, New York, in 1906
MEDITERRANEAN SPOTTED COCKROACH
: A new invasive species found in the North Eastern United States suburbs.
CHARLES F. CONLY: Photographer of Stage and the Famous
MALLARD BEHAVIOR: COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DUCKS
How to cite information used from the website:
Reiser, Frank W. (2025) Searching An Invisible World. https://antiqueslides.net/