On Wednesday 26 February 2003 12:24 pm, Peter L. Peres wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Alan B. Pearce wrote:
>
> *>Or a piece of cooking cling film from the wife's kitchen - even
> cheaper that *>way :)))
>
> Rule of thumb in optics: never save money if you don't have to. The
> cling film is birefringent and of uneven thickness. It will blur
> the image even if taut.

Yes, I just tried this.

I think the microscope slide idea is better, but I'll have to figure
out how to keep it attached.

It looks like a 2x3 inch slide could just be taped on.

Now I need to find these things...
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