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Instrument
A slide is a thin flat piece of glass, typically 75 by 26 mm (3 by 1 inches) and about 1 mm thick,
used to hold objects for examination under a microscope
A cover slip, coverslip or cover glass is a thin flat piece of transparent material, usually square or
rectangular, about 20 mm (4/5 in) wide and a fraction of a millimetre thick, that is placed over objects
for viewing with a microscope
A test tube, also known as a culture tube or sample tube, is a common piece of laboratory
glassware consisting of a finger-like length of glass or clear plastic tubing, open at the top, usually
with a rounded U-shaped bottom.
A Petri dish (sometimes spelled "Petrie dish" and alternatively known as a Petri plate or cell-
culture dish), named after the German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri,[1] is a
shallow cylindrical glass or plastic lidded dish that biologists use to culture cells[2] – such as
bacteria – or small mosses.[3]
Forceps (plural forcipes) are a handheld, hinged instrument used for grasping and holding objects.
A scalpel, or lancet, is a small and extremely sharp bladed instrument used for surgery,
anatomical dissection, and various arts and crafts (called a hobby knife).
A beaker is a simple container for stirring, mixing and heating liquids commonly used in many
laboratories
Laboratory flasks are vessels (containers) which fall into the category of laboratory
equipment known as glassware.
An alcohol lamp is one designed to burn alcohol rather than oil. The wick on it is typically but not
always round rather than flat.