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Image left: Crocuses in bloom photographed by Ian Walker.

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Neophyte emergence - Charles Suslavage (USA) shares his enthusiasm for amateur microscopy as a hobby.

Gastropods shells in 3D - anaglyphs of selected freshwater gastropods - Robert Sturm (Austria) describes and illustrates attractive examples of these molluscs.

Luxeon K2 LED - Howard Webb (USA) shows how he modified his Bausch and Lomb microscope to accept LED lighting; illustrated with examples of pond life organisms and video clips.

Winter colours from West Yorkshire - Ian Walker (UK) shares a selection of handheld high ISO images of early spring flowers in bloom using low depth of focus for effect and winter scenes.

A close-up view of the Gerbera daisy - Brian Johnston (Canada) presents attractive images of the macroscopic and microscopic features of this flower.

Whimsies - Richard Howey (USA) takes an imaginative look at some fascinating subjects from the macro and micro world.

The impressive Bausch and Lomb research microscope DDE - Manuel del Cerro (USA) discusses and illustrates the features of this intriguing flagship microscope introduced in 1929.

A trip into the past: part 3 - Richard Howey (USA) takes a further affectionate look at the quirks of some 19th century American natural history magazines.

Making special tools - Robert Pavlis (USA) describes how expensive tools can often be made using common items, in this case the tool to centre the Leitz phase condenser was made from a key to wind up mechanical clocks.

Making your own paraffin sections @ home (part 3) - Yvan Lindekens (Belgium) continues his series by discussing the types and use of various non-rotary microtome models. Added March 13th.

A gallery of beta-naphthyl acetate photomicrographs (using a variety of illumination techniques) - Brian Johnston (Canada) shares striking images of this chemical.

Restoring an American Optical Cycloptic stereo microscope - Ian MacGregor (Canada) describes and illustrates his ingenious methods of restoring both mechanically and cosmetically an example of this microscope in poor condition.

Topical tip: the versatile 'light panel' - the new slim line light box for viewing 35 mm slides has a variety of uses; a selection are compiled by David Walker (UK).

 

In focus:   Digitised old microscopy books / journals  free online - a selection: Google Books online - there's a number of the Victorian and earlier microscopy books freely available for viewing online or for download (typically 25 Mbyte each in pdf format, broadband required!). Use the 'Full View Books' option to search for these and other complete books online, using 'Advanced Search' if needed to narrow date, author, title search etc. The multiple editions of some of the 'classics' is very useful to enthusiast's who may have one book edition and wish to compare with the others. The books include (in order of edition date online):  Henry Baker 'The microscope made easy' 1743, 1st edition and  1744, 3rd edition. Henry Baker 'Employment for the microscope in two parts ...', 1853. Andrew Pritchard 'The natural history of animalcules: containing descriptions of all the known species of infusoria; with instructions for procuring and observing them', 1834. Andrew Pritchard 'Microscopic illustrations of living objects with researches concerning the construction of microscopes, and instructions for using them', 1845, 3rd edition. John Quekett 'A practical treatise on the use of the microscope ...', 1848, 1st edition, 1852, 2nd edition and 1855, 3rd edition Jabez Hogg 'The microscope: Its history construction and applications ...' 1st edition, 1854,  3rd edition, 1858 and 5th edition, 1861. William B Carpenter 'The microscope and its revelations ...' American edition, 1856. J W Griffith and A Henfrey 'The micrographic dictionary ...' 1856. Philip H Gosse 'Evenings at the Microscope' 1860. Lionel S Beale 'How to work with the microscope: lectures ...', 1861. Louisa L Clarke 'Objects for the microscope ...' 2nd edition, 1863. Also Robert Hooke's 'Micrographia' 1665 as a limited page preview but quite extensive coverage of the Dover Publications' fascimile. (April 2nd: Thanks to a reader who tells me that the full scanned text is available on the Project Gutenberg website.) Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 1853 - 1965 with search engine (now Journal of Cell Science). Congratulations to the publishers for making these freely available under the 'Open access initiative'. Microscopy-UK International Image Gallery: Thank you to the early supporters of the free new image gallery, there's a variety of interesting images to enjoy. Yahoo CombineZ group: Alan Hadley, the author of the invaluable stacking freeware CombineZ, has created a forum for users to share their images, for support and discussions.

We are delighted to receive contributions small or large from microscopy enthusiasts whether a novice or expert. If you have an image, tip or article, why not share it, this magazine is what you make it! Have a chat with us, to see how we can help share your interests. Submission guidelines.