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Some Mediterranean diatoms
- Jean-Marie Cavanihac (France) illustrates
the benefits of studying live specimens. PDF
Roatan 9. Further adventures
- G. Joseph Wilhelm (Honduras) shares further
progress on making a lab at his home on an
island off Honduras. PDF
Microscopical exploration
thirty one. Home-made sticky tape optical
retarders (how they are made and what they
do) - James
Stewart (UK) illustrates the use of
retarders for crystal studies. PDF
Parasites, part 5, some
parasites that are flatworms - Ed Ward (USA) continues his
extensive illustrated survey of these
organisms. 56 page PDF
Advancements in forensic
science: The contributions of Henri Louis
Bayard, John Goodsir, and Harry Goodsir as
presented to the University of Edinburgh
and the Anatomical Museum
- Michael Tracy (USA) presents an essay
summarising the pioneering work of his
ancestors, the Goodsirs. PDF
Micscape Lite -
contributors sharing their other interests
Vision our sense of sight
- Fritz Schulze (Canada)
shares an essay reflecting on this amazing
sense. PDF
From the Archives.
An issue five years ago in April
2019.
A stacking microscope by
Christian Autotte, Montréal, Canada
- Repairing, renewing, and maintaining
a focus-stacking microscope. PDF
Bizarre protozoan (Stentor)
disintegration by Chew Yen Fook, New
Zealand - Sharing his observation of a stentor
ciliate disintegrating right before his eyes.
A compilation of useful
diatom resources on the Web by Phil
Sydor, UK - a comprehensive, up-to-date list
of resources for the diatomist.
A
bouquet of images: A tribute to my lovely
wife, Adri, on her 80th birthday by [the
now sadly late] Richard L. Howey, Wyoming, USA
- twenty-seven images as a little
bouquet of tribute and an expression of a
'cranky' microscopist's love.
Toothpaste, sun screen,
tuna, plastics, alcohol, and prescriptions
by [the now sadly late] Richard L. Howey,
Wyoming, USA - a philosophical look at some
everyday remedies, cures, and fixes and their
effectiveness.
Topical Tip: The
value of a numerical aperture v field of view
graph for macro / micro setups owned - how
this plot can aid the choice of setup for a
given subject by David Walker, UK.
From Previous Issues:
Focus
Stacking Technique Explained by Mol Smith,
UK - What is focus stacking? Why is it an
important tool? Slow motion for Microscopists.
Spring is here. What about the Bees?
Bombus impatiens
(Bumble Bee Worker) by Julie Ducharme -
The humble bumble bee. (November 2010)
Interactive
honeybee Apis worker, explore the
parts by David Walker. (July 2005).
Varroa, The Killer Of
Bees by Manuel del Cerro, Pittsford, NY -
The deadly parasite and killer of bees. PDF
Bee Apis Mouthparts
In Our 3D Microscope |
In
Focus: April 13th 2024.
Today the date of this issue's
publication is World Microscope Day
celebrating the first time the word was used on
April 13th 1625*. A
series of online events have been planned over
the three days, 12th - 13th. See the page on the
website of the Quekett Microscopical Club
who host the venture; the concept was devised by
Robert Radford in 2021.
* Quote from the
Wikipedia entry for Giovanni Faber
(reference 10):
"Letter from Giovanni Faber to
Prince Frederico Cesi dated April 13, 1625. An
English translation of Faber's letter is
available in: William B. Carpenter with W. H.
Dallinger, ed., The Microscope and Its
Revelations, 8th ed. (Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania: P. Blakiston's Son & Co.,
1901)."
The translation of the letter from the above
reference is below, source archive.org.
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some of our favourites, which includes sites
with extensive links and/or resources for
the optical microscopy enthusiast.
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External Microscopy forums:
Places
to discuss the hobby or to raise queries.
www.photomacrography.net forums, galleries,
articles on macroscopy and
photomicrography.
groups.io
(formerly Yahoo groups):
Amateur Microscopy
Diatom Forum
Microscopy as a hobby or
profession
Wild Microscopes
Facebook
groups:
Amateur Microscopy (>21000
members, very active). Also specialist
groups e.g. for users of given maker's
microscopes (e.g. Zeiss, Olympus, Wild,
Vickers). Also try a Facebook Group search
with keywords like microscope or
microscopy to find these.
Other:
Microbe hunter the website ably
run by Oliver Kim has built up a popular
and valuable forum with help for both the
beginner and more advanced user.
Listservers:
Algae-L 'Forum for marine,
freshwater and terrestrial algae'. Access
to Archives possible for non-subscribers.
Diatom-L 'Research on the
diatom algae.' Access to Archives for
subscribers only. Link was current March
2016. Many online diatom resources point
to an outdated Indiana Univ. listserver.
(With thanks to Rob Kimmich for the
current link.)
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.
The Amateur Diatomist
archive This
magazine resource ably created and
administered by Steve Gill has now been
ported to the Microscopy-UK site with
Steve's permission as the former host
server is now not available.
As well as all the issues in pdf format
there are a wealth of other resources in
the Downloads section including by noted
workers such as Barber and the complete
532 page book 'An Introduction to the
Microscopical Study of Diatoms' by Robert
B. McLaughlin.
Diatoms of the Arid
South West Originally hosted
on the website of New Mexico State
University, College of Agricultural,
Consumer and Environmental Services.
Archived with permission from Dave
Richman, resource editor, and C. Scott
Bundy of the NMSU.
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Other sites (also see Societies
and Clubs page.)
Royal Microscopy Society Journal, 'infocus'
and other resources for members and the
community.
Quekett Microscopical
Club Journal, Bulletin and
meetings for members.
Light Microscopy Forum links and articles
Little Imp
Publications public domain
books collated by Steve Gill formerly on
CD and now free on Micscape.
Mikroskop Museum German website
with resources on microscopes / makers
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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 microscopy
enthusiast website, forum and magazine
edited by Oliver Kim
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 in English and Italian. Link to
March 2020 mirror on the Internet Archive
site.
Independent Generation of
Research (IGoR) - Wiki style
resource for citizen scientists to share
their work.
Lens On Leeuwenhoek extensive
resource online by Douglas Anderson
Collected Letters of
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek ('Alle de Brieven
..') transcribed and free
online at DBNL.
A Cabinet of Curiosities a resource on
Victorian microscope slides by Howard Lynk
Historical makers of
microscopes and microscope slides Brian Stevenson's
extensive resource on Victorian slide
makers.
www.willemsmicroscope.com Dutch
enthusiast Willem Cramer's website
David
Jackson's Better Microscopy blog. Regularly updated
free resources extending from his 'Better
Microscopy' series of books.
Stefano Barone's Diatom Shop sale of his own
prepared and arranged slides of diatoms,
radiolaria, forams and scales.
www.testslides.com website devoted
to Stefano Barone's Diatom Lab test
slides.
Darwin Biological
a UK company for 'biological education'
supplies. Including live cultures of
protozoa and algae.
Microscopie van de
Natuur Dutch microscopy
resource site by Rolf Vossen.
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