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Meeting: "The Leeds Microscopical Society is having its annual meeting in Morley on Sat 2nd June 2012. The theme this year is "Rocks, crystals & polarised light".
Anyone wanting to book a table (sales or display) should contact me at mikesmith_ls176sh@yahoo.co.uk or phone 0113 2935991. Many thanks Mike Smith, Hon Sec." With thanks to Mike for the information.

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. Newsgroups sci.techniques.microscopy (spoilt by excessive spam nowadays) Yahoo groups: a ' P' denotes current and archived messages are public i.e. not limited to members. 'Amateur Microscopy' P (started November2008) 'Yahoo Diatom Forum' P ' Microscope 'P (>1500 members, very active) ' Microscopes ' 'Microscopehobby' P (started Apr 2005) 'RealMicroscopy' P (started Sep 2005) ' Óptica Roma foro Microscopía' for Spanish speakers ' Wild M20 microscope ' ' Nikon Coolpix photomicro and macrophoto ' ' 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. W ide 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 Beyond Magazine science, microscopy for youngsters Clubs / Socs (Pro/Am) Mic-UK links page 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 paper 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 Society for Amateur Scientists resources and support A Cabinet of Curiosities a resource on Victorian microscope slides by Howard Lynk www.viewsfromscience.com projects 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 Web rings Lightscapes polarised light macroscopy/microscopy, both artistic and scientific.