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This is a simple posting of some images found at the Manchester Microscopical Society website–beautiful 19th century preparations in which the circular specimen or stain happened to appeal to a sense of design, and which also fits snuggle into my long series on The History of Holes .
Source for all images: Manchester Microscopical Society
