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 ...
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... 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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... 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 ...
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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% ...
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... 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, ...
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... 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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... 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 ...
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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 ...
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... The Diatom Depot Cymbella Cymatopleura Pinnularia Fragillaria Diatoms Surirella Pennate Fragillaria ...
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... 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 ...
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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: ...
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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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... (there are main four types: Green, Yellow Green, Blue Green and Diatoms), their habitats, identification, life cycles and methods of reproduction. ...
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... 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ( ...
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... 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 ...
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... could be attached to the stage of any microscope, to enhance illumination when viewing diatoms. Osborne called his devise the "Diatomescope" (Figure 3). ...
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... 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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... 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 ...
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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 ...
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... I carefully focused on just one row of dots located towards the middle of this diatomDiatom Stauroneis phoenicenteron (click on image for larger version) From the ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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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 ...
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... . 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... a textbook diagram, so clear were its internal features". 4) Strewn Diatoms on Moller slide...Specs as above..."This ...
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... 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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 ...
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... . 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Paper negative photomicroscopy
... detail in most of the tonal areas of the subject can be seen:- Diatoms.... Oblique illumination (5" x 4" paper size ...
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... 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 ...
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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 ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 31  -  27 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artoct98/newbook.html
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, ...
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... 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 ...
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... The Diatom Depot of the Micropolitan Museum ...
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... of historical Protozologists. Cox, E. J. 1996. Identification of Freshwater Diatoms from Living Material. Chapman& Hall, London. Pricey, especially for ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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... 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...
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... 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 ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 29  -  27 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artoct07/cs-miocene.html
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 ...
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... my dissecting microscope: 1) Ostracods 2) minute flagellates 3) very tiny diatoms 4) Arcella (a shelled amoeba) 5) Cladocera (" water ...
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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 ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 28  -  7 Jun 2009  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/apr09ind.html
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 ...
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... 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 ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 28  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artdec00/star5.html
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 ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 28  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artfeb02/gclinks.html
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' ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 28  -  21 Nov 2006  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/nov99ind.html
... 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 ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 28  -  11 Jun 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun10/rh-protists.html
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 ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 28  -  12 Jan 2009  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/dec08ind.html
... Ordinary Red Wrapping Plastic Sheet Green Algae Artificial Fiber Diatom-2 (*) Fragment of Diatom Shell (*) Diatom-3 (*) Diatom-4 (*) 4. ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 28  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artdec06/aa-pocket-micro.pdf
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 ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 28  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov01/tools2.html
... 560 line B&W model for subjects which demand high res. like' diatom dotting'. With appropriate adaptors, very versatile digital macroscopy systems can also ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 28  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artdec99/dwdigi.html
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 ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 27  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun98/msdgrnd.html
... 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 ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 27  -  7 Jan 2006  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/wimsmall/smal1.html
... 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 ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 27  -  7 Jan 2006  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/wimsmall/small.html
... 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 ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 27  -  7 Apr 2008  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/micropolitan/floorplan.html
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 ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 26  -  5 Jan 2006  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/primer/physop.htm
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 ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 26  -  6 Jan 2006  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/sell/books/sphag.html
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. ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 26  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjan01/cmoscam.html
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 ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 26  -  19 Aug 2008  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/nov06ind.html
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 ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 26  -  6 Jan 2006  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/wimsmall/green.html
... ? 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" ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 26  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artaug02/jmringer.html
... 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 ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 26  -  21 Nov 2006  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/jan98ind.html
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 ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 26  -  21 Nov 2006  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/aug99ind.html
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 ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 26  -  26 Jan 2010  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artapr01/foam.html
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- £ ...
Terms matched: 1  -  Score: 25  -  6 Jan 2006  -  URL: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/prodir/indexpro.html