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MICSCAPE - Exploring the miniature world

Issue 219 - January 2014 : Articles this month (ISSN 1365 - 070x) Updated on 13th of each month.

Image by Paul van Beusekom.

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The homemade gem/jewel clamp - Lawrence Hartley (UK) PDF

Digital photography with the low-power microscope - Paul van Beusekom (New Zealand) PDF

The Cary-Gould-Porter optical businesses - Brian Stevenson (USA) PDF

A festive gallery dedicated to dessication. Part 1: Echinoderms - Richard Howey (USA)

Robert Hooke. A return to his under-spoken Genius. (Includes access to Micrographia, & The Robert Hooke Diaries) - Mol Smith (UK)

A close up view of the stonecrop hybrid 'Iceberg' - Brian Johnston (Canada)

Stereomicroscopes: Part 1. Understanding Stereoscopic Vision and the Evolution of Stereoscopic Devices (5th Edition) - by R. Jordan Kreindler (USA) PDF ('This new edition features a new organization, further references, additional manufacturers, and new material on previously covered makers.')

Tungsten halogen and white LED lighting compared on a microscope with side by side imagery - David Walker (UK)

'Micscape Lite' - microscopy enthusiasts sharing their other interests

Collectables with a logarithmic theme - philately, money, trains: Celebrating the 400th anniversary in 2014 of John Napier's logarithms - David Walker (UK)

In Focus:
'Pippa's Progress' Part 3. This month is her first outdoor expedition to visit aquatic habitats, collect samples and bring back to study under the microscope. For readers who have not explored this series to date, this episode (15 mins. in length) is a delightful watch where Pippa shares her enthusiasm for microorganisms such as rotifers.
(Pippa is a 12 year old enthusiast who presents her interest in microscopy in an engaging way. We hope the series encourages youngsters to explore the microscopic world around them. Use of both the stereo and compound microscope are described, with simple slide preparation procedures, outdoor visits to collect freshwater samples etc. Produced by Mol Smith who has produced cinema length films and each is professionally shot with an HD option available. Sub-titles for the hard of hearing.)

A Contribution to the Diatom Flora of Leicestershire By Horace G. Barber. (Acrobat pdf format.) Meticulously compiled and presented by Steve Gill who writes on his 'The Amateur Diatomist' suite hosted by Klaus Kemp's www.diatoms.co.uk website: "The next volume of Horace Barber's notes. 178 pages of diatom notes and illustrations. This volume includes further detail of Horace's life and also his notes from the British Diatomists meeting at Malham in 1979. The manuscript for this volume was provided by Horace's son, Alan."

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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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