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Nikon H revisited - Gregory Guida (Jersey) shares an illustrated essay on his experiences of owning and using this famous Nikon field microscope; includes servicing and historical aspects (in Acrobat pdf format).

The microbes of Oracle State Park - Jerry Orr (USA), a park ranger, describes a project to study and make more widely known the micro-life community of this park.

Carl Zeiss Jena Amplival microscope - Raymond Sloss (UK) shares an illustrated overview of this well built and versatile microscope.

Anatomy of a lesser known LOMO microscope - Douglas Downer-Smith (UK) describes and illustrates a Swift badged but apparently LOMO sourced microscope with some distinctive features.

A close-up view of a member of the Ericacaea family, 'pink heath' - Brian Johnston (Canada) illustrates the features of this attractive plant.

'Hairy' insects and spiders - spurs, spines, setae, and sensilla - Ray Dessy (USA) presents an extensively illustrated essay discussing these features and how they are used by some invertebrates.

William Gatrell (1864-1902), Victorian Era Microscope Specimen Mounter - Brian Stevenson (USA) presents an illustrated overview of this well regarded diatom mounter.

New Year quiz game - Richard Howey (UK) shows close ups of common household objects for the reader to identify.

Memories of 2004. A mysterious worm - Walter Dioni (Mexico) describes and illustrates his studies and attempt to identify, an unusual marine worm that he collected while on holiday.

A close-up view of two 'freesia' flower hybrids - Brian Johnston (Canada) illustrates the attractive features of this flower on the macro and microscopic scale.

Enjoying a Möller 80 form diatom type-slide with a microphotograph setting - David Walker (UK) describes and illustrates a slide by this famous mounter.

The Olympus BHM metallurgical microscope - Robert Pavlis (USA) describes and illustrates aspects of this microscope in use.

A tour round a Leitz Diaplan microscope - David Walker (UK) discusses aspects of this lesser known model introduced in 1985, and hopes users / readers will come forward to offer access to copies of manuals or brochures. Updated Feb. 8th with a link to a Leitz brochure and article on the Diaplan very kindly shared by Willem Steurbaut.

 

In Focus Old microscopy books / journals online Internet Archive (Texts) and Google Books aim to share out of copyright old books. Keywords can be entered to search for books of potential interest. Two rarer microscopy related books available in a variety of downloadable formats include: 'Rotifera' by C T Hudson and P H Gosse - two volumes plus supplement. A classic work on this group with stunning plates. A treatise on the diatomaceae' by Henri van Heurck - English translation 1896 by W E Baxter. (With thanks to Leszek Wolnik, a Yahoo microscopy forum correspondent, for spotting this). Maybe van Heurck's classic work 'The microscope' may follow. 'Microscopy, the construction, theory and use of the microscope' by E. Spitta., 3rd edition, 1920. Not a rare book but can be expensive to purchase. This is a mine of info, particularly for enthusiasts interested in studying test diatoms. In the Editor's opinion, Spitta's plates of test diatoms including the toughest, are still hard to match with modern equipment. Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club - Vols. 1 - 5 (1868 - 1879) are to date available on www.archive.org. For enthusiasts seeking the full archive, vols. 1 - 38 (1868 - 1992) on four CDs with comprehensive indexing is available from Savona books and is highly recommended. Micam v1.2 - a new release version v1.2 of this very versatile freeware video camera software has been prepared by the writer Marien van Westen. With thanks to Marien for letting us know. Microscopy enthusiast websites - many enthusiasts share their enthusiasm for, and studies of, the 'microworld' on their own websites and we are pleased to highlight them. 'Recent British foraminifera of the Channel' - Brian Darnton's valuable and attractively illustrated resource in a 'blog' format. With thanks to Brian for letting us know. Nabil Brandl, Denmark shares his digital imagery using a USB camera on his microscope. With thanks to Nabil for letting us know. 'Dan's microscope site' - Dan Holloway's microscopy site where he shares some excellent imagery, both still and video of the microscopic aquatic life he studies.

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