MICSCAPE - Exploring the miniature world

Issue 209 - March 2013 : Articles this month       (ISSN 1365 - 070x)       Updated on 13th of each month.


Leaf cutting bee, Megachile sp.,
by David Richman.

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Ants, bees and wasps - by David Richman (USA) PDF

Sting of a wasp - Anthony Thomas (Canada) PDF

Puzzles, enigmas and perplexities. Part 1 of an infinite number of parts - Richard Howey (USA)

LED lighting for a stereo microscope - Jean-Marie Cavanihac (France) PDF

A close up view of the deadnettle hybrid 'Purple Dragon' - Brian Johnston (Canada)

A gallery of diatoms depicted on postage stamps - David Walker (UK)

    In Focus: The Micscape Index layout has been revised to make better use of a single screen view on smaller computers with modest vertical pixel count as these models are becoming increasingly popular.

    The sharp-eyed author D S Spence in his regular series 'From My Notebook' for the journal 'The Microscope' 1951, vol. 8,, no. 6, p.152 in an item headed 'A Disappointed Microscopist?' quoted an intriguing advert in an 1890 'Science Gossip' and wondered what made this Victorian microscopist so 'downcast' with the hobby. The original advert is shown below. Given that £200 in 1890 is equivalent to over £21 000 in 2012 (Bank of England's inflation calculator), there seems to be a moral here somewhere, perhaps equally valid today—owning the finest equipment of the time doesn't necessarily guarantee the owner's satisfaction!


     Science Gossip, 1890, Vol. XXVI, p. 192.
     

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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
Society for Amateur Scientists resources and support
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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