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Drops of water

In the compulsory isolation of lockdown, Daisy Lafarge’s repeated visits – via a new microscope – to the miniature worlds contained by drops of pond water provided her with the company and escapism she craved.

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  • 3D printed bioglass lattice, SEM
  • A folding lattice. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1972.
  • A beaver sitting on a lattice work of branches on the river shores. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • To the left a woman wearing the Hungarian (?) national costume comprising a lattice patterned tight-fitting bodice, voluminous skirt, wide sleeves and a head-dress; to the right eight heads of women wearing fashionable head-dresses. Coloured engraving.
  • Plant tissue, LM
  • Cross-section through Diospyrus plant stem, LM
  • Cartilage, trabecular bone and bone marrow in a mouse femur
  • Burmese-Pali manuscript.
  • HIV assembly and budding, HIV viral life cycle, illustration
  • HIV maturation, HIV viral life cycle, illustration
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