... Neophyte Seeking Cretaceous Diatoms By Charles Suslavage, USA Around 65 million years ago an asteroid or comet slammed into the Yucatan Peninsula marking the end of the age ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 411  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjul09/cs-Cretaceous_Diatoms.html
Simple diatom arrangement.
... Neophyte Upending Diatoms By Charles Suslavage, USA Diatoms can be frustrating. The inspired novice diatomist, me, journeys to an estuary to collect mud, hopefully ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 402  -  20 Aug 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artaug10/cs-upending-diatoms.html
... Who Live In Glass Houses' by Bill Amos, US with drawings of marine diatoms and silicoflagellates by Wim van Egmond, Netherlands Click on each diatom to view ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 377  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/art97b/diatomb.html
Extensive listing.
... Internet, and chance happenings, I have acquired a fairly extensive specialized library on diatoms. Some of these books were formerly owned by John Stone, a New ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 363  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmar08/dr-diatoms.html
... Capt. Rice D. Knight, and his 1871 Quest for Unmounted Diatoms by Brian Stevenson, Lexington, Kentucky, USA One frequently comes across historical items ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 350  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjul09/bs-knight.html
6. diatoms
... DIATOMS by Wim van Egmond Asterionella, a colony of pennate diatoms photographed by Jan Parmentier. What are diatomsDiatoms are delicate unicellular organisms that have a ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 348  -  6 Jan 2006  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/wimsmall/diadr.html
... Geometry and Pattern in Nature 3: The holes in radiolarian and diatom tests by Christina Brodie, UK Editor's note: To see masters, please click on ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 341  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artfeb05/cbdiatoms.html
... labelled 'Nitzschia singalensis' and 'Nitzschia singalense'... a tough classic 'test diatom' by David Walker, UK 'This diatom is one of the severest tests ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 333  -  13 Apr 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjan10/dw-slide2.html
... Marine Diatoms by Jan Parmentier A diatom is in essence a pill box of glass; the outer wall of the cell is of hydrated silica with an inner ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 323  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/art97b/diatom.html
... Enjoying a Möller 80 form diatom type-slide with a microphotograph setting by David Walker, UK The arranged diatom type-slides by some of the 19th century mounters are very ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 323  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjan09/dw-moller.html
Test diatoms - what you can expect to see with even modest optics
... Test diatoms- what you can expect to see even with modest optics by Martin Mach, Munich, Germany Dave Walker presented an excellent introduction to test diatoms ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 300  -  27 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov99/machdiat.html
... BIG DIATOMS Photographing Coscinodiscus by Wim van Egmond, The Netherlands Coscinodiscus granii, one side of the cell is higher than the other. The top specimen has ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 299  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjan02/coscino.html
... Diatoms and Microscopy a contrasting combination René van Wezel The fine glassy details of diatoms are admired already for hundreds of years, ever since the invention of the ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 276  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artapr09/rvw-contrast.html
An illustrated article.
... Fossil Freshwater Diatoms from Cherryfield, Maine Richard T. Carter, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China The small town of Cherryfield, Maine, is in ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 269  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmar08/rc-diatoms.html
Carpenter's rule diatom Bacillaria paradoxa (now known as Bacillaria paxillifer)
... The mysterious 'carpenter's rule' diatom Bacillaria paradoxa (now known as Bacillaria paxillifer) by Wim van Egmond a colony of Bacillaria almost at rest, photographed with ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 260  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/art98/bacill.html
... Further Notes on the Diatoms of Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Chaves County, New Mexico by David B. Richman, Mesilla Park, New Mexico, ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 259  -  27 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artoct06/dr-diatoms2.html
... Diatom Pleurosigma angulatum- a versatile 'demonstration' subject. by David Walker, UK Prepared slides of selected test diatom frustules are in many microscopy hobbyist's slide collections ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 251  -  27 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artsep08/dw-pa-test.html
... A second look at some well-known test diatoms by Frithjof A.S. Sterrenburg- The Netherlands Diatoms have been popular with microscopists since Victorian times and even if they ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 250  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjul02/fsdiatom.html
... Slide query: Amphipleura pellucida diatom slide dated 1950 stained with 'BNC' by David Walker, UK In my motley collection of diatom slides, one that intrigues ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 239  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjul08/dw-apstain.html
Practical advice for the microscopy enthusiast.
... CLEANING DIATOM SAMPLES Frithjof A.S. Sterrenburg (The Netherlands) (A downloadable version of this article in cross-platform 'rtf' format and more suitable for printing is ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 237  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artaug06/fs-diatoms.html
... Neophyte explores Eocene By Charles Suslavage USA For sale, microscope slide, fossil diatoms, Mors Island, Jutland. Having an interest in microscopic fossils I could ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 228  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artdec08/cs-eocene.html
... Topping Gregor T. Overney, Ph.D. Sunnyvale, California, USA Campylodiscus (diatoms) (objective 10x) It was sometime between 1851 and 1874, when ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 227  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artdec02/gotopslide.html
... Neophyte Finds Miocene Diatoms By Charles Suslavage, USA Often quoted "Seek and Ye Shall Find" worked for this amateur microscopist. The result of effort, ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 227  -  18 Apr 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artapr10/cs-diatoms-Miocene.html
A profusely illustrated article showing many typical species. In downloadable pdf format.
... Oamaru Diatoms by David B. Richman, Mesilla Park, New Mexico, USA and Richard Carter Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China Editor's Note: Web ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 226  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun07/dr-rc-oamaru.html
microscopic algae, micro organisms
... Diatoms on strings by Jan Parmentier The study of diatoms usually starts with collecting them, followed by 'cleaning'; removing the contents of the cells by chemical ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 225  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artaug99/string.html
... Geometry and Pattern in Nature 1: Exploring the shapes of diatom frustules with Johan Gielis' Superformula by Christina Brodie, UK I have always been intrigued by ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 219  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artapr04/cbdiatom2.html
Diatoms in dark-field, part IV
... DIATOMS IN DARK-FIELD Part IV by Roland Mortimer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Part I, Part II and Part III of this series were presented in earlier ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 218  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun00/roldiatdf4.html
... , Lexington, Kentucky, USA William Gatrell was highly regarded as a preparer of diatom microscope slides even during his short career. Edmund Spitta, in the 1899 ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 214  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjan09/bs-gatrell.html
... OAMARU DIATOMS By David B. Richman Mesilla Park, New Mexico U.S.A. And Richard Carter Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China The senior author became interested ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 213  -  12 Jun 2007  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/imgjun07/dr-rc-oamaru.pdf
... A SEM Analysis Of Amphipleura pellucida With the UK diatom. The second set shown in Figure 2 are all of the New Findings convex face. Gary Gaugler ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 204  -  4 Sep 2007  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/MT-articleR5.pdf
... Series in Marine Phytoplankton: The genus Pseudo-nitzschia. by Rene van Wezel, UK Diatoms are one of the most abundant groups of plankton and as such form the ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 199  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjul04/rvwdiatom1.html
Marine diatoms from Guaratiba Canal, Rio de Janeiro
... Marine diatoms from Guaratiba Canal, Rio de Janeiro. by Roland Mortimer, Brazil Guaratiba Canal is a little further north than Ibicui beach on the southern coast ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 191  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artdec99/roldiat2.html
Resolving diatom detail. Images captured with a Nikon Coolpix 990.
... Image gallery Diatom detail captured on a Nikon Coolpix 990 contributed by Aaron Messing, USA Editor's note: Aaron Messing sent us some splendid images of diatoms showing ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 184  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjan02/amdiatoms.html
Diatoms in phase, or thereabouts. Experimenting with intermediate forms of lighting in the microscopy of diatoms.
... Diatoms in phase, or thereabouts. by Roland Mortimer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Surface of Coscinodiscus showing the fine detail. Phase illumination. Previous Micscape ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 179  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artdec00/rolphase.html
Marine diatoms from Ibiqui beach, Rio de Janeiro
... Marine Diatoms from Ibicui beach, Rio de Janeiro. by Roland Mortimer, Brazil Thanks to the articles produced by Jan Parmentier and the Dutch Club (see ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 176  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artfeb99/roldiat.html
Micscape Articles Library. Articles and resources arranged by category for enthusiasts of microscopy, macroscopy and aspects of nature and technol...
... ants, beetles, butterflies, dragonflies etc. Marine 'Forams', radiolaria, diatoms, invertebrates, sand. Microscopes Models/makers- current and historical, ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 176  -  14 Sep 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/libindex.html
37. 3D diatoms
... page should be viewed with red and blue 3D glasses on an 800x600 screen 3D Diatoms by Wim van Egmond Diatoms are microscopic algae. Some of the colonial types ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 174  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/art98/diat.html
... Making selected diatom slides Raymond Hummelink Neede, The Netherlands 1 Introduction Diatoms have long since been a popular subject for microscopic studies. Every microscopist has probably seen ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 168  -  27 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artoct06/rhu-diatoms.html
Do the exquisite patterns of diatoms have a mathematical basis? A simple computer programme in BASIC gives patterns very similar to those seen in ...
... Do the exquisite patterns of diatoms have a mathematical basis? Text by Brian Darnton (UK) It has been said that microscopists share a limited number of ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 168  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjul00/diatomform.html
art deco diatoms
... Art Deco Diatoms by Wim van Egmond About photographing epiphytic colonies of marine diatoms A mirror of the original article http://www.tip.nl/users/egmond ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 164  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/art97b/artdeco.html
Diatoms in dark-field, part II
... DIATOMS IN DARK-FIELD Part II by Roland Mortimer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Part I of this series was presented in Micscape, February 2000. When looking ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 161  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmar00/roldiatdf2.html
Diatoms in dark-field, part III
... DIATOMS IN DARK-FIELD Part III by Roland Mortimer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Part I and Part II of this series was presented in the February and March ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 161  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artapr00/roldiatdf3.html
Diatoms in a diffrent light, phase contrast, dark field and Heine phase
... DIATOMS IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT by Roland Mortimer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Previous Micscape articles by the author on diatoms are here- Part I, Part ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 159  -  27 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artsep00/roldiatdf5.html
... Diatoms from Guaíba island, Rio de Janeiro. by Roland Mortimer, Brazil Previous Micscape articles by the author on diatoms are here- Part I, Part ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 153  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov01/roldiatom7.html
What?s in a diatom?s name?
... NITZSCHIA SINGALENSIS VS N. FIRTHII What ? s in a diatom ? s name? Frithjof A.S. Sterrenburg Email: fass AT wxs DOT nl with contributions ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 150  -  13 Apr 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artapr10/fs-nitzschia.html
... oblique as shown for brightfield port, can often improve contrast considerably e.g. for diatoms. For the Zeiss condenser the orientation is fixed, see right. Extent ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 144  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artdec08/dw-obliquetip.html
... DIATOMS IN THE DUNNY (Tabellaria in the Toot) (Lacrimaria in the Loo or Lav) (Blepharisma in the Bog) (Caloneis in the Can ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 135  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/art97/dunny.html
Diatoms in dark-field
... DIATOMS IN DARK-FIELD by Roland Mortimer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil There is almost nothing as beautiful as looking at diatoms under dark-field illumination, whether they be ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 130  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artfeb00/roldiatdf.html
... Classic and Antique Diatom Slides by David B. Richman, Mesilla Park, New Mexico, USA Over the last several years I have acquired a number of ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 126  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov06/dr-diatoms3.html
Arranged diatoms
... Micscape Image Gallery Arranged slides of diatoms and holothurian plates Photographed by Bill Ells, UK Images© Bill Ells Two photo-micrographs of arranged diatom slides which also have ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 124  -  18 Sep 2009  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov98/ellsdiat.html
51. Diatomite
Diatoms can be found and isolated from some metal polishes for study under a microscope.
... I examined a smear of metal polish under the microscope and found it contained many diatoms. Naturally I wondered if these polishes still contained diatoms, so I got ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 117  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artaug01/ellsdiatomite.html
... Editor first came across Osamu's work from a reference in Rene van Wezel's recent article Diatoms and microscopy, a contrasting combination. Later visiting Osamu's website, the images ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 113  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun09/oo-diatom.html
Oblique illumination?
... unusual situation which fully caught my attention. I was looking at a slide of diatoms using a simple patch stop and a yellow filter, when I noticed at ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 111  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artfeb00/pjoblique.html
... in 1922, part of his slide showing six selected Coscinodiscus, Actinocyclus and Stictodiscus diatoms. On the right is from Watson& Sons Ltd, one of three ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 110  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artfeb03/iwdiatoms.html
Diatom test objects for the microscope
... Micscape Image Gallery- 'tough test' diatoms under the optical microscope by Will Varnell, US Editor's note: the two recent articles on using diatoms as test ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 110  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artdec99/wvdiat.html
... MOLLER'S DIATOM TYPE SLIDE An extract from 'The student and intellectual observer of Science, Literature and Art' 1869 Contributed by Mike Samworth "The total number of ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 109  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/articles/junsnip.html
KeyWords
... A microscopical view of an old diatom circle pattern slide with 250+ diatom shells by Martin Mach, Germany This is an historical slide by W. Watson ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 109  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artapr00/machslide.html
Diatoms photographed with a Nikon Coolpix 995
... Diatoms, a gift from Antwerp. by Jan Parmentier, The Netherlands Recently, Frank van Campen and Herman Snoeck, from the Antwerp Royal Society for Micrography ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 106  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov01/jpdiatoms.html
... a consumer digicam. Mar.03 Counting the dots: giving microscopes a 'workout' with diatom test slides- prepared slides of diatom species can be used to check out ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 105  -  14 Sep 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/libindex2.html
Permanent slides, pros and cons
... only permanent slides that I can recommend with good conscience that students make themselves are diatoms." (p. 80) While I have considerable sympathy for Dr ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 104  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmar99/rhslide.html
An introduction to the compound microscope in eight chapters. Read online or download the complete booklet in html format for offline use.
... observations of live protozoa or bacteria (cilia or flagella are visible) and for diatoms. I always use darkfield to scan diatom slides at low to medium power ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 91  -  5 Jan 2006  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/primer/special.htm
... deep blue, violet, near UV) for improving the resolution of subjects like diatom frustules. Various LED lighting designs have been described for either modifying existing lamps ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 87  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artaug08/dw-filter.html
Monthly online magazine for microscopy enthusiasts
... Issue 140: June 2007. Next update July 13th. Image left: The diatom Trigonium dobreeanum var. novazealandiae; one of the many attractive diatoms that can ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 83  -  19 Aug 2008  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/jun07ind.html
Image gallery of microscopical structures from Nature made from silica and calcium carbonate.
... one of the most wonderful feats of nature that the microscopy enthusiast can appreciate. Diatom frustules, of course need no introduction, but sponge spicules, radiolaria 'shells ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 82  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artfeb07/dw-silica.html
... More 3D Diatoms A colony of diatoms growing on a red algae. In Licmophora the individuals grow like fans from a common stalk. More about Licmophora in ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 81  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/art98/diat2.html
... Marine diatom photographs by Jan Parmentier Click on each to view a larger image (Web browser needs jpeg viewer installed) Triceratium favus Amphiprova sp. Coscinodiscus sp ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 79  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/art97b/octimg2.html
Revisting the slit illumination originally used with the edge of flame.
... compared to the diffuser and gives a significant improvement in contrast and fine detail especially diatom structure. The tube width is sufficiently wide to allow complete illumination over the ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 75  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artaug06/iw-LightBox.html
... slide by an unknown mounter, not dated, of eight nicely arranged Amphitetras antediluviana diatoms and on the outside, colour phase contrast images of two of the diatoms ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 75  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artapr03/icwdiatoms2.html
Studying the debris of aquatic samples and remains of organisms under a microscope. With a wide variety of examples.
... and when mud samples were scraped, moistened, and examined on a slide, diatoms and desmids were also present. However, the thing which impressed me most ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 74  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov01/rhdebris.html
... to study the effect of varying the wavelength on imaging a subject, e.g. diatoms for shorter wavelengths or dense insect exoskeletons for longer wavelengths. Why use LEDs ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 73  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artaug07/dw-labophot.html
... Main site is at www.microscopy-uk.org.uk with full mirror at www.microscopy-uk.net. Notes on resolving some diatoms with blue LED oblique lighting. by Terry Gunby, UK Having read Dave ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 73  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun03/tgdiatom.html
... making microphotographs (Ref 2) as well as having some success in making arranged diatom and butterfly scale slides and micro writing to me was the next challenge. ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 73  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artaug09/ng-microwriter.html
... Wildlife Refuge on July 21, 2004. Observed July 24, 2004. Sinkhole Diatom types Ciliate types Other microorganisms #20 Naviculoid, other types. Tiny species ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 72  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artdec04/drlake2.html
... Image Gallery Diatom arrangements Photographed by Bill Ells, UK Figure 1 Figure 2 Fig.1 is a slide by W.A. Firth of the genus Asteromphalus. You will ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 70  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmar99/ellsdiat.html
An introduction to the compound microscope in eight chapters. Read online or download the complete booklet in html format for offline use.
... lead to poor images, as shown in Fig. 2, pictures of the diatom Pleurosigma angulatum. Both were taken with the same set of optics, the ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 69  -  5 Jan 2006  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/primer/intro.htm
A brief survey of the benefits of using off-axis lighting to view some subjects under the optical microscope.
... of improving the visibility of some low contrast subjects like protozoa and the details on diatoms. Essentially oblique illumination works by accentuating any phase gradients within a transparent specimen ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 68  -  5 Jan 2006  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/dww/articles/oblique.htm
... Introduction to quantitative microscopy or 'How to measure diatoms with a ruler' by Jean-Marie Cavanihac, France Many microscopists use all kinds of cameras: photographic film, ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 68  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmay00/measure.html
An illustrated article.
... appear on such internet sites as eBay. Scanning these slides reveals not only the diatoms that are so dear to our hearts, but other siliceous microfossils as well ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 66  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjul07/rc-silicoflag.html
Bacillaria is easily recognized when alive.
... Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 A search of the Internet reveals that diatom motility is generally confined to those pennates which possess the "raphe"- ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 65  -  27 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artsep05/rnbacillaria.html
... trials Set up your 'scope for brightfield with the x40 objective using a slide of diatoms containing fine detail such as Actinoptychus heliopelta etc.. Optimise the condenser's focus ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 64  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjan03/pjcol2.html
... and orange. He produced slides with a wide variety of specimen types, including diatoms, foraminifera, urchin spines, whole and partial insects, vegetation sections, ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 62  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artdec09/bs-white.html
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... one of each of the different groups of algae (for example, cyanobacteria or diatoms), a short excursion to a nearby locality to collect material, and ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 62  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artdec03/cbreport.html
... challenge for the above setup. I decided to take one of Klaus Kemp's excellent diatom test slides. (See[ 7] for more information about diatom test ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 62  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmar04/godarkfield.html
The Home of Enthusiast Microscopy on the Web!
... designed to be used with the virtual dip in the jar of pond water. Diatoms (single-celled) Further details: 'Those who live in glass houses' Name ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 62  -  5 Jan 2006  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/ponddip/diatoms.html
See a massive range of quality prepared specimen slides for microscopy that you can now purchase securely on-line or order direct from us.
... 13.95 am_sets NBS Freshwater Identification Slidesets 2 Six slides of different genrea of <I Diatoms</ 9.95 13.95 am_sets NBS Freshwater Identification Slidesets 7 Six slides of lake ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 62  -  6 Jan 2006  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/sell/slides/slidelist.html
... Comparing the badly delaminated 40x NA 0.6-1.0 planapo oil with a pristine near equivalent. Diatom- Pleurosigma angulatum:( Klaus Kemp 'Test plate 8 forms'. Hyrax ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 57  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artaug06/dw-delam.html
An overview for the amateur microscopist, with notes on some of the protozoa that may be found.
... doubt, already discovered for yourself the delights of Paramecium, Amoeba, Stentor, diatoms, desmids, filamentous algae, and the larger forms of bacteria. However ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 57  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun02/rhhighmag.html
Mounting radiolaria shells
... , it is the marvel of micro-crystals under polarization; for others, it is diatoms or desmids, or foraminifera or radiolaria. It's not really necessary to create ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 57  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artaug99/rhradio.html
Monthly online magazine for microscopy enthusiasts
... the materials, techniques and tips for this type of drawing. Image gallery: Diatoms from my slide collection (Part I)- Ian Walker (UK) ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 57  -  21 Nov 2006  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/feb03ind.html
Illustrated article on some diatoms found in the North Sea.
... a complete covering by these sticky colonies of Phaeocystis, like this strand of centric diatoms (probably Thalassiosira nordenskioeldii), and the spiny chainforming Chaetoceros decipiens in the ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 57  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmay07/rvw-spring.html
Experiences with a Nikon D200 on a microscope cf older methods.
... really sharp image. This problem carried through regardless of the type of specimen. Diatoms looked especially gruesome. All in all the images obtained with this camera were ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 55  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artaug06/dm-Cameras.html
... Slide Business (ca. 1893) Brian Stevenson, Kentucky, USA High quality diatom slides bearing the name "Barbour Bros." are occasionally found in collections ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 54  -  12 Mar 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmar10/bs-barbour.html
its fun finding out
... Forty years on in 1987 I made photomicrographs of a number of slides of arranged diatoms loaned to me for the purpose by Bill Boorn of Folkestone, Kent. ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 54  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artaug98/ellsfun.html
An overview of the major groups of smaller freshwater life for the hobbyist and school student, with links to articles, images and multimedia reso...
... many mm Smallest page on the web- 'bacteria'- image of a cyanobacteria Diatoms usually brownish, silica cell wall in two parts, solitary or colonial, ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 53  -  5 Jan 2006  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/pond/algae.html
Microscopy and starting with the microscope - for amateurs.
... the latter part of the last century and the early part of this one. Diatoms were a favourite study subject, and many slides were produced with assorted and ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 52  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/articles/mikeqmc.html
Monthly online magazine for microscopy enthusiasts
... phase contrast certain crystals and slides can give some superb results. Image gallery: Diatoms from my slide collection. Part 2- Ian Walker (UK) shares ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 51  -  21 Nov 2006  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/apr03ind.html
... its tentacle like a straw. The spring is also a splendid time to collect diatoms which occur in a mind-boggling variety of shapes and sizes. There are two ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 50  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artaug09/rh-springpond.html
Monthly online magazine for microscopy enthusiasts
... Mounter- Brian Stevenson (USA) presents an illustrated overview of this well regarded diatom mounter. New Year quiz game- Richard Howey (UK) shows close ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 50  -  14 Feb 2009  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/jan09ind.html
... Such slides are often attributed to Johann D. Möller, the famous mounter of diatoms (Figure 1B). However, there are numerous inconsistencies with that assumption ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 49  -  10 Aug 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artaug10/bs-macphail.html
As used in optical microscopy.
... of Osamu Oku ? s experiments with oblique illumination and polarized light for visualizing fine diatom structure, about which I had contacted that author some time ago. Here ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 49  -  1 Apr 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artapr10/fs-pseudo-phase.html