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This process was modeled after William Gurstelle's instructional [How to Build a Solar Microscope](https://www.popsci.com/build-solar-microscope/).

![solar microscope drawing](images/solarmicrodrawn.jpg)

![microscope baker](images/solar-microscope-02-baker.jpg)

Solar microscope Illustration from Henry Baker’s The Microscope Made Easy, 1742.

A solar microscope is a type of projection microscope that uses sunlight as its light source. The light is directed through the microscope's lenses onto a specimen, and the magnified image is projected onto a screen or wall. This allowed for large groups of people to view the same magnified image simultaneously, which was a significant advancement for educational and demonstration purposes at the time.
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How to make slides by hand and using a manual microtome.
[Compliation of Instructionals by ThomasTKtungnung](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1imMkkpWks-OOIdRK-Pr8M9Hwngi8Q9Tb/view?usp=sharing)
![Microtome](images/microtome.png)
![Microtome](images/microtomes.png)


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