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title: "Compressorium"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressorium"
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category: "reference"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
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date_saved: "2026-05-05T06:34:43.219671+00:00"
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instance: "kb-cron"
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The compressorium (plural: compressoria) is a scientific apparatus for applying pressure to a sample for examination with a microscope.
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Widely used by microscopists in the 19th century, they were produced by companies such as Bausch and Lomb.
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Many versions of compressoria were developed over the years, with one of the first attributed to the famous histologist Jan Evangelista Purkyně, see picture.
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Compressoria were still used in the twenty-first century for the identification of Trichinella worms in samples.
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== References == |