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Default What is it? CLXII

GeorgeD wrote:



#934 You should know this one. It can be used for slicing bratwurst.

Other people use it for making thin sections of specimens for study
under a microscope. The specimen is mounted in paraffin and sliced up.

Regards,


This is also known as a microtome. Now there is a word I haven't heard
since High School biology. Who knows why it jumped into my 65 year-old
mind after all these years.

Rich