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101. Microscopy-UK showcase - resources for the amateur microscopist written by
contributor Bill Ells
Microscopy-UK / Micscape showcase - resources for the amateur microscopist written by contributor Bill Ells
... the author's Nikon Skt microscope. Other wonders of the microscopic world: Insects, diatoms and prepared slides. Palate
of the mollusc Haliotis tuberculata photographed by Bill Ells ...
102. Topical Tip: Notes on using the LOMO darkfield condenser for both
darkfield and annular brightfield.
... for example, the LOMO 60x NA1.0 apo oil. See example shown below. Diatom Pleurosigma angulatum, Klaus Kemp eight form
test slide in Hyrax available from www.diatoms.co.uk ...
Monthly online magazine for microscopy enthusiasts
... - Gregor Overney (USA) describes and shares images of an attractive Victorian papered diatom slide made by one of the
most famous slide mounters. 'The Life of ...
This is not a construction project for readers. The author has extensive professional expertise, coupled with many years of private research to en...
... from e-mail correspondence): I wondered if you would be interested in pictures of diatoms taken with a home-made
transmission electron microscope. Briefly, the microscope is a ...
... Something About Jelly-Fishes 11) The Hand as an Unruly Member 12) Desmids and Diatoms 13) The Southern Muscadine Grape
14) Notes of a Fur Hunter 15 ...
Some observations and comparisons between two classic ranges
... are similar in performance regards perceived sharpness and detail with low contrast subjects such as diatom test slides
with a tough test of the aplanatic condenser set to 90% ...
... the Field Club, as was W. A. Firth, already known for diatom mounts. I found no record of foraminifera mounts by Andrew,
but probably ...
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... Licmophora flabellata is a sessile colony of pennate diatoms that lives attached to seaweeds such as red algae.
Pennate diatoms, the elongated ones with bilateral symmetry, ...
... blue filter. Vitamin C crystals, dark field with blue filter. Shells and diatoms, the following images where again taken with
the Nikon held up to my ...
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... The most abundant constituents of marine phytoplankton are the diatoms (Bacillariophyceae), single-celled algae. The
delicate pattern of the cleaned frustule (shell) of diatoms ...
Some of my favourite Victorian microscope Slides
... its contents using a 'scope and digicam, together with comments. 1)" Diatoms...Various...arranged" A. C. Cole (mounted post
1867 ...
An introduction to the compound microscope in eight chapters.Read online or download the complete booklet in html format for offline use.
... , but is not yet an expert user. Any slide with reasonably finely structured diatoms will do for the experiments
described. Contrast and resolution The main task in ...
Magazine for microscopy enthusiasts
... , describes his study of the spore generating structure of the holly fern. Big diatoms: Photographing Coscinodiscus- Wim van
Egmond (The Netherlands) shares some tips ...
... to the sand like material with the compound microscope I had great expectations of finding diatoms. I have come to believe,
where there is water or where there ...
Magazine for microscopy enthusiasts
... Issue 53: March 2000. Next update April 13th. Image of a marine diatom from Rio de Janeiro by Roland Mortimer.
Microscopy-UK welcomes you to Micscape Magazine ...
... The Diatom Depot Cymbella Cymatopleura Pinnularia Fragillaria Diatoms Surirella
Pennate Fragillaria ...
... from acid cleaned material. Brightfield. Size 35 µm. Everybody looking at acid-cleaned diatom material from the sea will
come across a silica skeleton from this group of ...
Monthly online magazine for microscopy enthusiasts
... - Ted Clarke (USA) describes his studies of live freshwater organisms such as diatoms using the popular LOMO objectives.
Microscopic recipes to celebrate the new year: ...
Magazine for microscopy enthusiasts
... 'silica sculpture' smaller than the period at the end of this sentence. A diatom collected and photographed by Roland
Mortimer, Brazil) Microscopy-UK welcomes you to Micscape ...
... taken this way are below: F1 is focused on the nearer surface of the diatom frustule and F2 on the furthest
surface. Diatom F1 Diatom F2 The problem ...
... with a normal compound microscope Page 2 by Wim van Egmond, the Netherlands Cleaned diatoms, from a mounted slide made
by diatom specialist Klaus Kemp, photographed with ...
... (there are main four types: Green, Yellow Green, Blue Green and Diatoms), their habitats, identification, life cycles and
methods of reproduction. ...
... was the fashion simply because the microscope was beginning to yield remarkable details especially in diatoms, and by
increasing this angle of illuminated cone, more detail was rendered ...
Magazine for microscopy enthusiasts
... some of the microscopic features of their eyes. A microscopical view of an old diatom circle pattern slide with
250+ diatom shells- Martin Mach, Germany describes ...
A Cabinet of Curiosities: Purchasing Preserved Specimens
... inexpensive.) Other types of shells which should be in every microscopist's collection are diatom shells which again are
predominately silica and come in a great variety of forms ...
Topical tips for amateur microscopy. Adding a lamp diaphragm (or field stops) to to a modern microscope without one.
... objective- 11 mm Ideal stop size for 40x objective- 5 mm The test diatom Stauroneis pheonicenteron under a 50x NA1.0 oil
immersion objective using the microscope above ( ...
... long history (refs. 1,2,7). Some species of diatoms are well documented as tests and still very popular with
enthusiasts, but a ...
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... Most diatoms floating in marine plankton are centric diatoms, with cells that are
radially symmetrical. Top view of Coscinodiscus concinnus, the largest species of this genus ...
... could be attached to the stage of any microscope, to enhance illumination when viewing diatoms. Osborne called his devise the
"Diatomescope" (Figure 3). ...
... Each year Diatoms cause massive blooms. The water looks yellow-brown. Since diatoms are so attractive for microscopists early spring is the best season for a plankton catch ...
Monthly online magazine for microscopy enthusiasts
... label the preferred condenser iris settings for each objective when undertaking photomicrography. News: Diatom Database
on CD-ROM. Klaus Kemp, well known for his superb prepared microscope ...
Monthly online magazine for microscopy enthusiasts
... are here. (Editor's note: Information kindly supplied by Kit Brownlee.) Diatom Database on CD-ROM. Klaus Kemp, well
known for his superb prepared microscope ...
Monthly online magazine for microscopy enthusiasts
... list of all Micscape contributors to date) News- special notices- misc. Diatom Database on CD-ROM. Klaus Kemp, well
known for his superb prepared microscope ...
Magazine for microscopy enthusiasts
... darkfield, phase contrast and DIC to compare the merits of these techniques. Marine diatoms from the Guaratiba Canal,
Rio de Janeiro Roland Mortimer, Brazil looks at ...
Some personal notes on a student stand from 1907
... one interesting point is the lack of thickening and soft edge definition when looking at diatom type slides with the
1/2" objective that often accompanies modern 10x ...
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... Diatoms are unicellular algae, protists that perform photosynthesis. They are most abundant in marine waters but fresh water
also contains many interesting forms. Diatoms have a ...
... the month Image derived from a photo' taken by Jan Parmentier of the marine diatom Triceratium favus. Articles This
Month This magazine is best viewed at 800x600 'Those ...
Monthly online magazine for microscopy enthusiasts
... polarising microscopes based on his extensive background in working with such scopes. Making selected diatom slides-
Raymond Hummelink (Netherlands) describes and illustrates practical techniques and simple ...
... I carefully focused on just one row of dots located towards the middle of this diatom. Diatom Stauroneis phoenicenteron (click on image for larger version) From the ...
... is of the specimen treatment type. In this case the specimen is that well-known diatom Pleurosigma angulatum.
This diatom is a much-used test object for checking the resolution ...
141. ABClarke4.indd
... excellent review article "About the Use of crometer for the 4X objective and a diatom Digital Single Lens Reflex Cameras
on Microscopes" in 2004 for the test slide ...
142. ABClarke4.indd
... excellent review article "About the Use of crometer for the 4X objective and a diatom Digital Single Lens Reflex Cameras
on Microscopes" in 2004 for the test slide ...
... and Robert McLaughlin and found the optics to be excellent. I even photographed a diatom on one of these slides at 440X
(apochromatic objective) with my Nikon ...
This 1.3 megapixel dedicated microscope camera and Motic Images Plus software are assessed from a hobbyist's perspective.
... consumer digicam (Sony S75). Critical focus and fine detail capture test: Diatom Pleurosigma angulatum. Klaus Kemp
'eight form' test slide. Taken with LOMO ...
... . 8) and 9) Another slide made by Norman; this time a diatom strew of the diatom Stauroneis. I will show you first a section of ...
... that could be used for a stereo image. The following series of images shows diatoms, single celled organisms that can be
found in marine plankton. These are ...
... a textbook diagram, so clear were its internal features". 4) Strewn Diatoms on Moller slide...Specs as
above..."This ...
... Diatoms have beautiful glass-like houses (frustules) The cell content (chloroplast) is yellow-brown. Microscopists often
remove the cell content to make nicely prepared slides of ...
Microscopical Life from Micscape Magazine and Vanessa Summers avi is (c) Fred Hess
... CARPENTERS RULE DIATOM (C) Fred Hess& Micscape Magazine 1998 Released in association with VAN-DAM See this video in
REALmedia format by clicking here! For personal ...
Brightfield and 'crossed polars' images.
... , a Biosil slide.. Brightfield: on the left, two Aulacodiscus margaritaceus diatoms from Peru mounted by A. C. Cole
using the 10x objective and ...
Results of experiments with CMOS Video camera.
... all individuals retract at the same time). x15 objective. Image of Pinnularia diatom taken with a x40 objective, showing
details of the frustule. The image ...
Collecting in the torent
... in the early 90's. It reminded me of the problems of collecting; particularly diatoms, and other algae in the flumes and
their spray zones and in the ...
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... Not all diatoms are planktonic. This branching colony, Licmophora flabellata, can be found attached to seaweeds.
Marine diatoms can be found in such an amazing ...
Magazine for microscopy enthusiasts
... , Spain shares some attractive macroscopic images of the wildlife of Catalunya, Spain. Diatoms in dark-field- the
beautiful structures of diatoms look particularly stunning in dark-field illumination ...
... the desmids. The best way to study algae, with the exception of the diatoms, is to examine living material. Algae fixed and
made into fluid mounts ...
... MICSCAPE IMAGE OF THE MONTH- March 1997 Arranged diatom slide by Klaus Kemp photographed by Mike Dingley© Mike Dingley
1997 This awesome image is of an arranged ...
... fascinating. I simply glued my eyes on the oculars. Then we went to diatoms which he had a few prepared slides. We tried
all his higher powered ...
158. Memories from 2004
... Memories from 2004 Walter Dioni Cancún- México With some notes on marine algae, diatoms, foraminifers, peritrichs, and
mystery worms The first image is not mine ...
... . The fly head is fairly well laid out, although not perfect. The diatom slide holds a single specimen, indicating that
Wire was capable of sorting and ...
Hensoldt Tami portable microscope
... directly from the microscope objective to the surface of the CCD chip. The largest diatom on the picture measures about
200 microns in diameter. Please note that the ...
A basic introduction, with some pros and cons on its use from the author's experieces.
... it IS there, but restricted in the main to the realms of bacteria, diatoms and tiny protozoan life. But the actual
visual improvement in the image is ...
Paper negative photomicroscopy
... detail in most of the tonal areas of the subject can be seen:- Diatoms.... Oblique illumination (5" x 4" paper
size ...
... The Diatom Display Actinoptychus Coscinodiscus Odontella Chaetoceros Eucampia Ditylum Achnanthes Licmophora Bacillaria
Thalassiosira Guinardia Tubes Pennates Isthmia ...
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... Bacillaria paxillifer (formerly B. paradoxa), a bizarre colony of pennate diatoms, also known as the carpenter's
rule diatom. The following sequence shows how ...
New microscopy book
... on general aspects of slides and their subjects are also included on topics such as diatoms, diamond writing, fluid mounts
etc. The text is complemented by fascimiles ...
Notes on collecting Foraminifera from the Westerschelde, The Netherlands.
... taken the place of the two ferry boat services over the river. Having collected diatoms in the estuary many years ago,
lower down at Slijkplaat and Hoofdplaat, ...
... The image shows the variety of designs of marine Diatoms. Many species form chains. find out more about
marine diatoms: Coscinodiscus or read more about the ...
... The Diatom Depot of the Micropolitan Museum ...
... of historical Protozologists. Cox, E. J. 1996. Identification of Freshwater Diatoms from Living Material. Chapman&
Hall, London. Pricey, especially for ...
The four coulers supplied make useful consumer digicam supports for a microscope.
... sensor crop mag increase can be useful for picking out fine detail e.g. of diatoms. (Many of the older objectives the author
uses seem tolerant of use ...
Magazine for microscopy enthusiasts
... : August 2001. Next update September 13th. Image above by Bill Ells: Diatoms can be found in the most unexpected places,
for example, in some ...
catalog and book browsing
... vials of sponges, and a magnificent collection of 10 vials of cleaned and concentrated diatom shells. I still have all
of these and I especially prize the diatoms ...
... this department of microscopic manipulation is well known." Poulton evidently prepared and mounted diatoms, foraminifera and
other microscopic objects from soils brought from New Zealand for Mantell's...
... find. Three types of objects were found with surprising ease. These are centric diatom fragments, sponge spicules, and
silicoflagellate tests. The diatom fragments and the ...
DESMIDS
... near Blair Atholl, Perthshire, oligocheate worms were found that had been feeding on diatoms and desmids. In one could
be seen a diatom of the genus Surriella ...
176. Micro-Gardens
... my dissecting microscope: 1) Ostracods 2) minute flagellates 3) very tiny diatoms 4) Arcella (a shelled amoeba) 5)
Cladocera (" water ...
Monthly online magazine for microscopy enthusiasts
... mobile phone camera for photomicrography. (Link directly to a pdf file.) Diatoms and microscopy, a contrasting
combination- René van Wezel (Netherlands) presents ...
178. Kitsch
... Moeller, with the help of his brothers, produced a slide with "1715 diatoms included for the Emperor of Brazil. His
brothers assisted him in the work ...
... FOR THE MICROSCOPE by Brian Darnton& Wim van Egmond Asterionella Asterionella. This elegant diatom is often present
in huge quantities, where water is somewhat enriched. Their ...
180. Microscopy Links
A selection of web sites for the amateur microscopist with a particular emphasis on practical topics.
... Paul James on eyepieces and achromat objectives. Testing the performance of a microscope with diatoms by Dave Walker.
New Links Ed Hayes's Pathology notes. An excellent page ...
Micscape Magazine, Exploring the Miniature World, Amateur Microscopy On-Line Magazine
... Regular Features and Articles. This magazine is best viewed at 800x600 Image right: diatom taken with a 40X phase
objective, using an Olympus 830L consumer 'digicam' ...
... to present just some of the challenges. Suppose you have a splendid, live diatom which you wish to photograph.
Initially, you might think that motility won't ...
Monthly online magazine for microscopy enthusiasts
... of a past vacation by the sea, 'with some notes on marine algae, diatoms, foraminifers, peritrichs and mystery worms.' A
close-up view of the ...
... Ordinary Red Wrapping Plastic Sheet Green Algae Artificial Fiber Diatom-2 (*) Fragment of Diatom Shell (*) Diatom-3 (*)
Diatom-4 (*) 4. ...
Micro tools for microscopy : pipettes
... have a means to exploit some microscopic assistance free of charge! If you observe diatoms, you have probably already noted
that their shapes can be very different when ...
186. Digital Dilemmas
... 560 line B&W model for subjects which demand high res. like' diatom dotting'. With appropriate adaptors, very
versatile digital macroscopy systems can also ...
Dark-field illumination
... justice to the marvellous jewel-like effect that you get in viewing down the microscope. Diatoms arranged by Klaus
Kemp.So have another look at some of your favourite ...
... detail. or go directly to: Bacteria Flagellated Protozoa Ciliates Green algae Crustaceans Desmids Diatoms Sun
animalcules and Amoebas Rotifers Worms Insect larva These pages portray some of the ...
... detail. or go directly to: Bacteria Flagellated Protozoa Ciliates Green algae Crustaceans Desmids Diatoms Sun
animalcules and Amoebas Rotifers Worms Insect larva These pages portray some of the ...
190. Museum Floor Plan
... Water Flea Circus Foram Factory Algae Archive Hall of Arthropods Diatom Display Algae Exhibit Centre of Larval
Development Egg Chamber Arthropod Exhibit Other Invertebrates Protist Parade Ciliate Centre Other ...
An introduction to the compound microscope in eight chapters. Read online or download the complete booklet in html format for offline use.
... , plant sections, it is a very good approximation of the regular structure of diatoms. When light passes through a grating it
is scattered (diffracted) so ...
Books for the Microscopist, educationalist, student, and naturalist
... Some flagellates in Sphagnum Some genera of desmids in Sphagnum Some genera& species of diatoms in Sphagnum Some
genera of testate rhizopods in Sphagnum Rotifers in Sphagnum: main ...
193. cmoscam
CMOS camera description and results.
... add to our knowledge of micro-organisms: For example protozoa motion, bryozoans, even diatoms... very quickly, the need for a
video camera appears. ...
Monthly online magazine for microscopy enthusiasts
... by hygroscopic crystals of this chemical when viewed under polarised light. Classic and antique diatom slides- David
Richman (USA) shares an attractive selection of diatoms photographed ...
195. Green Algae
... and colours and in many different organisms. Not all these organisms are green. Diatoms, Chrysophytes and dinoflagellates
have yellow to brown chloroplasts. There are brown algae ...
... ? A slide ringer can be used for several things. If you've got a diatom test slide from Klaus Kemp you will note a small
"finder ring" ...
... beautiful and awesome features of a rotifer captured on video The mysterious 'carpenter's rule' diatom- the intriguing
movements of a colonial diatom of the genus Bacillaria Image of ...
Micscape Magazine, Exploring the Miniature World, Amateur Microscopy On-Line Magazine
... the author via the email links in each article. Feedback is always appreciated! Diatoms on strings- an illustrated look
at some of the beautiful diatoms that adopt ...
The mystery of the foam on the sea shore; caused by algal remains
... starts at the end of March. After a couple of weeks tiny algae like diatoms occur in such numbers that the water becomes
yellow-brown. Although diatoms are the ...
Microscopy materials - and useful International Addresses
... , Yeovil, Somerset. BA20 2EG: Tel: 01935 426614 Can supply strewn diatom mounts from a variety of locations world wide.
Box of Twelve- £ ...