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MICSCAPE Exploring the miniature world
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178:
August 2010.
Image left by Charles Suslavage of the diatom Stictodiscus; manipulated with a paintbrush bristle to show valve and girdle view to aid identification. |
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Neophyte upending diatoms - Charles Suslavage (USA) successfully manipulates the orientation of diatoms on a slide with very simple equipment to aid identification. Vorticella vs Rhabdostyla - Dan Holloway (USA) illustrates how these two protists can be distinguished. The hunt for Leptodora - Howard Webb (USA) describes his studies of this attractive large waterflea and how it can be photographed. Replacing tungsten incandescent lamps - Michael Stubbs-Race (Australia) shares a neat design of replacement LED lamp using the old tungsten lamp base as a support to ensure correct alignment with lamp optics. Ernst Leitz (Wetzlar) Ortholux black enamel microscope - Ian Walker (UK) shares his experiences of using an example of this classic microscope. The Novitiate’s Odyssey Episode Five - Part 1: The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation - Joseph Wilhelm (USA) continues his projects to build up a Zeiss GFL compound and Spencer stereo microscope; includes experiences of buying new objectives. A close-up view of purple St John's Wort - Brian Johnston (Canada) illustrates the macro and microscopic features of this flower. James Doke Macphail, 1860-1931 - Brian Stevenson (USA) solves the mystery of the slide maker whose 'JDM' label is sometimes wrongly attributed to J D Möller. An anniversary gallery - Richard Howey's (USA) wife Adrianne shares a selection of her favourite photomicrographs taken by Richard to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. (Editor's note: Congratulations!) A close-up view of a yellow pincushion protea - Brian Johnston (Canada) illustrates this plant's interesting features on the macro and microscopic scale. Notes on using the Sigma SD14 DSLR with Foveon X3 sensor on a microscope - David Walker (UK) describes his experiences to date of using this camera; the Foveon sensor can record full colour detail at all pixel locations unlike the Bayer sensor. 'Zenith' UK branded Russian microscopes of the 1970s - 1990s. Notes on the range compiled from the data sheets of Technical and Optical Equipment Ltd (London), UK - compiled by David Walker (UK), includes downloadable data sheets for the range.
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