The AmScope PS100A microscope slide set includes 100 prepared slides with a variety of specimens including plants, insects, and animal tissues, and is used in basic biology education. The samples are preserved in cedar wood oil and sealed with a coverslip to preserve specimens and prevent contamination. Labeling on each slide identifies specimens. Slides are composed of optical glass for clear viewing and are 3 x 1 x 0.4 inches/75 x 25 x 1mm (H x W x D, where H is height, the vertical distance from the lowest to highest point; W is width, the horizontal distance from left to right; D is depth, the horizontal distance from front to back.) The set comes in a fitted wooden case to prevent breakage and ease handling.
Set A slide specimens include ant (whole mount), ascarid egg (whole mount), ascaris (cross section), Aspergillus (whole mount), blood fluke eggs (whole mount), butterfly antennae (whole mount), butterfly leg (whole mount), ciliated epithelium (section), corn starch (whole mount), cotton leaf (cross section), cotton stem (cross section), cotton worm (whole mount), Cucurbita (whole mount), dandelion fuzz (whole mount), dense connective tissue (section), dog columnar ciliated , dog columnar epithelium (section), dog olfactory membrane (section), dog stomach cardiac region (section), dog stomach pyloric region (section), dog tongue (longitudinal section), dog urinary bladder (section), Drosophila chrysalis (whole mount), Drosophila female (whole mount), Drosophila larva (whole mount), Drosophila male (whole mount), feather (whole mount), fern leaf sorus (cross section), fern root (cross section), fern stem (cross section), fiber (whole mount), frog blastula (section), frog cleavage (section), frog early gastrula (section), frog gastrula (section), frog holoblastic cleavage (section), frog spermatozoa (smear), frog unsegmented egg (section), fruit (cross section), house fly leg (whole mount), house fly wing (whole mount), human skin hair follicle (section), hydra (longitudinal section), hydra plain and budding (whole mount), kidney-injected (rabbit) (section), l. bulgarious (smear), leaf of winter jasmine (cross section), letter “e” (whole mount), lichen (section), loose connective tissue (section), lung-injected (rabbit) (section), mantis leg (whole mount), Marchantia antheridia (longitudinal section), Marchantia archegonia (longitudinal section), mole cricket leg (whole mount), mosquito eggs (whole mount), mosquito male (whole mount), mosquito-female (whole mount), mouse cuboidal epithelium (section), mouse kidney (section), mouse ovary (section), nymphaea of aqustio stem (cross section), nymphaea, (spongy tissue) (cross section), paramecium-conjugation (whole mount), paramecium-fission (whole mount), pea pollen (whole mount), peach worm (whole mount), peacock feather (whole mount), pelargonium, of leaf (cross section), pig adipose cell (whole mount), pig liver (section), pine cone-female (longitudinal section), pine pollen (whole mount), pine stem (longitudinal section), pisum seed (longitudinal section), planaria (cross section), planaria (whole mount), plasmodesmata (section), polytrichum (whole mount), polytrichum antheridia (longitudinal section), polytrichum archegonia (longitudinal section), rabbit ganglia (section), rabbit venae cavac (cross section), ranunculus root (cross section), root bacteria (cross section), shrimp egg (whole mount), silkworm moth antennae (whole mount), silkworm moth larva (whole mount), silver berry scaly hair (whole mount), soya stem (cross section), stem cork cell (cross section), stem-sieve tube and companion cell (longitudinal section), striated muscle (cross section), Taenia pisiformis (whole mount), trematodesmiracidia (whole mount), typical animal cell, typical plant cell, vegetable pollen (whole mount), vicia faba root, tip (longitudinal section), young root of broad bean (cross section).
Microscopes are instruments used to enhance the resolution of an object or image. Types include compound, stereo, or digital. Compound microscopes use a compound optical system with an objective lens and an eyepiece. Stereo microscopes show object depth in a three-dimensional image. Digital microscopes are used to display an image on a monitor, rather than looking through a lens. Microscopes can have monocular (one), binocular (two), or trinocular (three) eyepieces, with varying magnification abilities. Magnification ability refers to the size of an image. Resolution, also known as resolvant power, refers to the clarity of the image. The interaction between field of view (FOV), numerical aperture (NA), and working distance (WD) determines resolution. Microscopes can control magnification through a fixed focus, or through a range of adjustments.
United Scope manufactures microscopy equipment and accessories under the brand name AmScope. The company, founded in 1996, is headquartered in Irvine, CA.
