Amateurmicrography Front Page

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Mikroskopie-Treff.de

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Yahoo Groups Microscope

Microscopy as a hobby or profession

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sci.techniques.microscopy

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Glossary of Microscope Terms

From: Meiji Techno America
Link: Glossary of Microscope Terms

MICSCAPE: Exploring the miniature world

A variety of articles on older microscopes.

From: Microscopy-UK
Link: MICSCAPE: Exploring the miniature world

Antique Brass Microscopes

This site highlights a collection of antique brass microscopes dating from the late 18th to early 20th centuries. There you will find many photos and articles about antique microscopes.

From: Antique Brass Microscopes
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Microscope-Related United States Patents: 1853-1915

Microscope-Related United States Patents. Patents can be downloaded.

From: Antique Brass Microscopes
Link: Microscope-Related United States Patents: 1853-1915

Carl Zeiss: Anticipating the Future

History of Carl Zeiss and

From: Carl Zeiss AG
Link: Carl Zeiss: Anticipating the Future

Milestones Light Microscopy

Timeline of light microscopy.

From: Nature Publishing Group
Link: Milestones Light Microscopy

Wim van Egmond MicroHomepage

Links to articles and website from Wim van Egmond

From: Wim van Egmond
Link: Wim van Egmond MicroHomepage

Differential Interference Contrast Image

The digital images presented in this gallery represent a wide spectrum of specimens, which vary from unstained cells, tissues, and whole organisms to both lightly and heavily stained thin and thick sections. Rom Shannon H. Neaves, John D. Griffin, and Michael W. Davidson

From: Olympus America, Inc.
Link: Differential Interference Contrast Image

JayDoc HistoWeb

The JayDoc HistoWeb is an online histology atlas that corresponds with the laboratory exercises of the Cell & Tissue Biology course of the School of Medicine of the University of Kansas.

Link: JayDoc HistoWeb

The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education

Over 1900 images along with text, tutorials, laboratory exercises, and examination items

Link: The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education

Gallery of Light Microscope Images

Beautiful images of forensic and materials applications of light microscopy

From: MVA Scientific Consultants
Link: Gallery of Light Microscope Images

The Petrographic Workshop

Transmitted light images and optical properties of over 100 minerals. Every geology student's dream come true.

Link: The Petrographic Workshop

Micropolitan Museum

Award winning microphotographer Wim van Egmond gallery includes stunning images of the finest microscopic masterpieces nature has ever produced.

Link: Micropolitan Museum

Microbial Life - Educational Resources

Focused on Microbial Life in Extreme Environments this site provides information about the ecology, diversity and evolution of micro-organisms.

Link: Microbial Life - Educational Resources

Center for Algal Microscopy and Image Digitization

Link: Center for Algal Microscopy and Image Digitization

Cynobacteria Image Gallery

Link: Cynobacteria Image Gallery

Algae and Protozoa from the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan

One of the goals of our lab is to catalogue the various types of freshwater algae found in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. To do this, students of Dr. Gretz's Phycology classes have contributed images taken of samples they collected during their semester long class. Students have also created websites to show their collections and catagorize them by genus.

Link: Algae and Protozoa from the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan

ALGAL-ED

The goal of ALGAL-ED is to provide educational tools for the student interested in learning about freshwater algae. The target audience for ALGAL-ED includes high school and undergraduate students and professional aquatic scientists.

Link: ALGAL-ED

Droplet

A well done website devoted to microscopy of protozoa.

Link: Droplet

Light Microscopy Forum

Quality light microscope images

Link: Light Microscopy Forum

Molecular Expressions Photo Gallery

Lots of great light microscope images and a Microscapes Primer that includes instructions for setting up a microscope, photomicrography, sample preparation, and creative photomicrography, detailing creating landscape images in polarized light. The What's Cool section of the gallery contains wallpapers that can be used for WWW site backgrounds.

Link: Molecular Expressions Photo Gallery

Nikon Small World

The Nikon Small World competition, open to all microscopists, was created in 1975 to recognize excellence in photography through the light microscope, and to applaud the efforts of those involved with photomicrography.

Link: Nikon Small World

Olympus BioScapesTM Digital Imaging Competition

Olympus America Inc. is sponsoring an exciting new photo competition that will honor extraordinary microscope images of life science subjects.

Link: Olympus BioScapesTM Digital Imaging Competition

SnowCrystals.com

This site is all about snow crystals and snowflakes -- what they are, where they come from, and just how these remarkably complex and beautiful structures are created, quite literally, out of thin air.

Link: SnowCrystals.com

How Light Microscopes Work

From: HowStuffWorks
Link: How Light Microscopes Work

Through the Microscope: Blood Cells

An internet gallery of health science images from light and electron microscopes.

Link: Through the Microscope: Blood Cells

Virtual Atlas of Opaque and Ore Minerals in Their Associations

Robert A. Ixer and Paul R. Duller, Department of Geological Sciences, Birmingham University and Kerr McGee Oil (UK) plc. Online atlas with 400 photomicrographs of ore minerals in reflected light. Well organized with cross referencing of samples by association, location, mineralogy, ore deposit type, minerals, texture, and properties. A great reference and teaching tool.

Link: Virtual Atlas of Opaque and Ore Minerals in Their Associations

Atlas of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals and Textures

Link: Atlas of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals and Textures

A Microscopical Study of Exotic Animal Hairs

From: McCrone Associates, Inc.
Link: A Microscopical Study of Exotic Animal Hairs

Resources for Paint Pigment Microscopists

From: McCrone Associates, Inc.
Link: Resources for Paint Pigment Microscopists

Questioned Document Examination Page

The award winning site has information on the use of a comparison microscope for examining documents in civil and criminal legal cases, domestic disputes, and other controversies. Famous document cases are presented as examples.

Link: Questioned Document Examination Page

The Euglenoid Project

A research and teaching resource for students, teachers and researchers interested in the group of protists commonly known as, the euglenoids.

Link: The Euglenoid Project

Analysis of Microscopic Material and the Stitching of the Dead Sea Scrolls, a Preliminary Study

Link: Analysis of Microscopic Material and the Stitching of the Dead Sea Scrolls, a Preliminary Study

Micrographia

Micrographia is for those who use microscopes in their investigations of the world around them. It is for students and teachers of (especially) fresh water biology in their search for creature identification and illustrative material,and for anyone at all who feels like a browse through a minutely detailed world of small animals, small plants, and small things.

Link: Micrographia

Micoscope Documents On Line

Collection of manuals for microscopes that are no longer in production.

Link: Micoscope Documents On Line

Manuals Plus

Search for mauals in online catalog. Manuals are for sale.

From: Manuals Plus, Inc
Link: Manuals Plus

Microscope Cleaning Instructions

From: Meiji Techno America
Link: Microscope Cleaning Instructions

Microscope Manuals and Documentation

Collection of manuals for microscopes that are no longer in production.

Link: Microscope Manuals and Documentation

Pol Scope Instruction Manuals and Documents

Link: Pol Scope Instruction Manuals and Documents

AO (American Optical) Spencer Microscope Manuals and Catalogs

Link: AO (American Optical) Spencer Microscope Manuals and Catalogs

Leica, AO, Reichert, Reichert-Jung

Link: Leica, AO, Reichert, Reichert-Jung

Classic Optics Microscope Manuals and Brochures

Link: Classic Optics Microscope Manuals and Brochures

Basic Microscope Alignment

Instructions for alighnment for Koeller illumination.

Link: Basic Microscope Alignment

Antony van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723)

Link: Antony van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723)

Robert Hooke (1635-1703)

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Robert Hooke

From: Westminster School
Link: Robert Hooke

Rowley wins National Medal of Science

Janet Davison Rowley (born April 5, 1925) is an American human geneticist and the first scientist to identify a chromosomal translocation as the cause of leukemia and other cancers. She was selected to receive the National Medal of Science for 1998

Link: Rowley wins National Medal of Science

Dr. Ruth Patrick - Biography

As a young girl she would accompany her father and sister on collecting excursions into nearby woods. “I collected everything: worms and mushrooms and plants and rocks,” Dr. Patrick told an interviewer in 2004. At the age of 7, she was given her first microscope. She was hooked.

Link: Dr. Ruth Patrick - Biography

Dr. Janet Rowley

In the 1970s, Dr. Janet Rowley identified a specific genetic “translocation” in leukemia, heralding a new understanding of the role of some translocations in specific cancers.

Link: Dr. Janet Rowley

microbes.info

Well-maintained, frequently updated website providing useful microbiology links, including links to feature articles and microbiology-related news stories

Link: microbes.info

micro*scope

The biodiversity of microbes is represented in a collection of over 10,000 microbe images from researchers and enthusiasts. The images are well organized and easily located by taxonomic classification, alphabetically, and environment.

Link: micro*scope

Microscope Optical Systems

From: Nikon Instruments USA
Link: Microscope Optical Systems

Specialized Microscopy Techniques

From: Olympus America, Inc.
Link: Specialized Microscopy Techniques

Basic Concepts in Optical Microscopy

Molecular Expressions Microscapes Primer is a top site for light microscopy information.

Link: Basic Concepts in Optical Microscopy

Differential Interference Contrast

From: Nikon Instruments USA
Link: Differential Interference Contrast

Principles of Phase Contrast Microscopy

From: Nikon Instruments USA
Link: Principles of Phase Contrast Microscopy

Microscopies

Le site des Microscopistes Amateurs

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Introduction to Polarized Light Microscopy

An excellent introduction.

From: Nikon Instruments USA
Link: Introduction to Polarized Light Microscopy

Principles and Applications of Interferometry

An excellent introduction.

From: Nikon Instruments USA
Link: Principles and Applications of Interferometry

Polarizing, Petrographic, Geological

Link: Polarizing, Petrographic, Geological

Amateurmicrography Front Page

An online bulletin board community dedicated to photomacrography, amateur microscopy, and photomicrography.

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Microscope Basics and Beyond

Overview of compund microscopes including the basics, lens aberration, Koehler illumination, conjugate plates, and resolution.

From: Olympus America, Inc.
Link: Microscope Basics and Beyond

Diffracted Light Contrast: Improving the Resolution of a Basic Light Microscope by an Order of Magnitude

A modification of the century-old oblique illumination technique can dramatically improve the resolution of a basic light microscope. The question is raised as to whether the Abbe limit ever truly defined the ultimate resolution of a microscope.

Link: Diffracted Light Contrast: Improving the Resolution of a Basic Light Microscope by an Order of Magnitude

Innovations in Light Microscopy

Innovations in light microscopes over the past centuries has been driven by scientists who wish to observe and measure phenomena that were smaller, fainter, (Figure 1) and deeper inside tissue than ever before.

From: Nikon Instruments USA
Link: Innovations in Light Microscopy

Selected Methods for the Teaching Laboratory Microscopy

Light microscopy introduction covering care of the microscope, alignment for bright field viewing, oil immersion, dark field, phase contrast, using a counting chamber, measuring field diameter, measurement with a eyepiece reticle, viewing living unstained preparations, finding and viewing stained bacteria.

Link: Selected Methods for the Teaching Laboratory Microscopy

Microscopic Explorations

This Great Explorations in Math and Science or GEMS guide features ten learning stations designed to enliven student curiosity in a wide diversity of scientific fields. It represents an innovative partnership between GEMS and the Microscopy Society of America.

Link: Microscopic Explorations

Fun Science Gallery

Collection of articles that include building a glass-sphere microscope, a stereoscopic microscope and a compound microscope as well as several articles on exploring microscopic worlds.

Link: Fun Science Gallery

Carl Zeiss MicroImaging Online Campus

The Carl Zeiss MicroImaging Online Campus website explores the fascinating world of optical microscopy and provides the necessary background to understand both the basic concepts and advanced principles.

From: Carl Zeiss MicroImaging, Inc.
Link: Carl Zeiss MicroImaging Online Campus