CURRENT ISSUE: Micscape Magazine, exploring the miniature world.

MICSCAPE - Exploring the miniature world

Issue 214 - August 2013 : Articles this month (ISSN 1365 - 070x) Updated on 13th of each month.

An LX-100 micro centrifuge, image by Michael Much.

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Using a centrifuge in pond water microscopy - Michael Much (USA) PDF

LED Conversion of a Zeiss Gfl Microscope - Fritz Schulze (Canada)

Turning a 2D image into 3D - Mol Smith (UK)

“The Morphological Laboratory”, 1883 - 1884 of John Ernest Ady, 1857 - 1918 Heinrich Hensoldt, 1856 - ca. 1918 - Brian Stevenson (USA) and Steve Gill (UK) PDF

Abbe's plate for testing objective aplanatism - Dushan Grujich (Australia)

God, the devil, and microscopy Part 1 - Mol Smith (UK)

A close up view of a Swamp Milkweed cultivar - Brian Johnston (Canada)

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A selection of portable calculating aid designs spanning over 2000 years - David Walker (UK) Updated August 15th

In Focus: New Book The Proper Care of Optics: Cleaning, Handling, Storage, and Shipping by Robert Schalck (SPIE Press, pub. March 2013, 236pp.) available in paper and eBook formats. Thank you to the publishers for the information. Link is to publisher's info' page with sample pages and full content list.

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External links. Below are some of our favourites, which includes sites with extensive links and/or resources for the optical microscopy enthusiast.
External Microscopy forums: Places to discuss the hobby or to raise queries. www.photomacrography.net forums, galleries, articles on macroscopy and photomicrography. www.quekett.net/forum/index.php forum for both Quekett Microscopical Club members and other enthusiasts. Yahoo groups: a 'P' denotes current and archived messages are public i.e. not limited to members. Amateur Microscopy P (started November 2008) Yahoo Diatom Forum P Microscope P (>1500 members, very active) Microscopehobby P (started Apr 2005) Wild M20 microscope microcosmo (for Italian speaking enthusiasts) CombineZ P stacking software forum created by the software's author Mikroskopie-Treff.de (Extensive German microscopy forum; some English categories.) Mikrobiologische Vereinigung München e. V. Wide range of articles and resources in German. Le Naturaliste French based forum and image gallery for micro / macro but open to non French speaking international contributors.	Other sites Light Microscopy Forum links and articles Little Imp Publications public domain books on CD. (Hosted by Savona Books). Mikroskop Museum German website with resources on microscopes / makers . Molecular Expressions awesome optical microscopy resources Dennis Kunkel's SEM images stunning images Diatoms Ireland - resource site by Leszek Wolnik Leitz museum an illustrated resource compiled by Robert Allen Microbe hunter a free monthly microscopy enthusiast magazine edited by Oliver Kim Microscopies online magazine and Forum for French speakers Micrographia articles, projects for the enthusiast Microscopy Today journal with online archive Modern Microscopy online journal by McCrone Group Fun Science Gallery projects, articles on optics G. Couger's microscopy links extensive links A Cabinet of Curiosities a resource on Victorian microscope slides by Howard Lynk www.viewsfromscience.com projects by Ely Silk e.g. chilled stage for crystal growth studies and LED fluorescence 'Diatoms Ireland' resource by Leszek Wolnik Historical makers of microscopes and microscope slides Brian Stevenson's extensive resource on Victorian slide makers Cambridge rocking microtome resources including manual

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