microtome
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Embryonic tissue was too delicate to withstand pressure from the clasp of a microtome.
From Scientific American • Apr. 9, 2022
King George III commissioned him to make an elaborate instrument for recording atmospheric pressure, and he pioneered the microtome, a device for cutting ultra-fine slivers of wood for microscopic analysis.
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2017
Sections were cut on a Leica Ultracut E microtome with a Diatome diamond knife at a thickness setting of 50 nm, stained with uranyl acetate, and lead citrate.
From Nature • Mar. 21, 2017
Then, with a microtome, they cut off slices only hundredths of a millimeter thick.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The laboratory was empty, save for the demonstrator, who sat near the preparation-room door, and silent, save for a low, continuous murmur and the clicking of the rocker microtome at which he was working.
From The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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