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MICSCAPE Exploring the miniature world
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185:
March 2011.
Image left: The diatom Lyrella abrupta, a stacked and stitched image by Wulf Herwig. |
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Comparison of the Swift FM-31 Portable Field Microscope and an FM-31 Clone - R Jordan Kreindler (USA) and Yuval Goren (Israel) assess these two models in different price ranges. (In Acrobat® pdf format.) Who invented the 'onion skin' biology lab? - Walter Dioni (Mexico) investigates the history of the use of this readily obtainable subject for education. Sharing real-time images by instant messenger - Yu Wan (China) shows how this software can be used to interact with fellow enthusiasts. Mysteries surrounding dried stuff, part 3. A battered Chirodota sea cucumber from the Philippines - Richard Howey (USA) continues his series describing and illustrating the interesting microscopic subjects found in rehydrated dried marine specimens. The Vickers epi-illuminator - Michael Race (Australia) shows the versatility of this accessory by adapting to a Leitz Laborlux III stand. A close-up view of a flowering 'Echeveria' - Brian Johnston (Canada) illustrates the macro and microscopic features of this plant. The poor man's photomacroscope. Part 4 - an update. - Paul James (UK) describes his modification of a Leitz Metallux for macro studies. Some historic mounts by Henry Deane (1807-1874) - Peter Paisley (Australia) describes and illustrates aspects of the life and work of this mounter. A close-up view of the Japanese Wood Fern - Brian Johnston (Canada) illustrates the macro and micro features of this often overlooked wild plant. Forays into fluorescence - 5. Notes on adapting a Zeiss Photomicroscope (or Universal) to LED sourced epi-fluorescence) - David Walker (UK) describes and illustrates his trials, using blue light autofluorescence as an example. Major update March 19th. Articles on contributor's websites: Two new articles by Brian Stevenson (USA) on his microscopist.net website describing a Victorian microscope maker and a slide maker: Charles Collins, Sr. and James Tennant. In Focus: Micscape contributors - we welcome three new contributors this month which brings the number since we started to 275 from 30 different countries, shown as a bar graph below. A public thank you to them all; the site administrators put the structure in place, but the success of the venture relies heavily on those prepared to share their enthusiasm, experiences and skills; from beginner to expert.
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