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van Leeuwenhoek’s Story

September 27, 2020 Mike Shaw Leave a comment

Antoine van Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope. His microscope was very simple, and he made all the microscope parts himself. Although…

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Posted in: Microscopy Filed under: Leeuwenhoek, Microscope

Book Review – Hunting with the Microscope

July 2, 2020 Mike Shaw Leave a comment
Hunting with the Microscope

Hunting With the Microscope was in some passages copied from Richard Headstrom’s Adventures with a Microscope. Yet–it is a decent…

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Posted in: Microscopy, Reviews Filed under: Books, Microscope

Book Review – Adventures with a Microscope

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Adventures with a Microscope

This is a 1941 text which takes on the challenge of writing about microscopy by trying something different. Headstrom attempts…

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Posted in: Microscopy, Reviews Filed under: Books, Microscope

Book Review – The Microscope Book

June 20, 2020 Mike Shaw Leave a comment
The Microscope Book

This is a book which could also be considered course, consisting of roughly 40 chapters- each which is a complete…

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Posted in: Microscopy, Reviews Filed under: Books, Microscope

Book Review – Photography through the Microscope

June 6, 2020 Mike Shaw Leave a comment
Photography through the Microscope

This is the be-all and end-all for a general understanding of microphotography basics. The author, John Delly addresses illumination and…

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Posted in: Microscopy, Reviews Filed under: Books, Microscope

Getting a squirrel to donate a hair sample

June 2, 2020 Mike Shaw Leave a comment
Squirrel

This is a really amusing way to get a sample of animal hair to look at under the microsope. You’ll…

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Posted in: Microscopy Filed under: Hair, Microscope, Slides, Squirrel, Whiskers

Bacteria in your home

May 29, 2020 Mike Shaw Leave a comment
Goodandplentium and Tinytartium

First of all, it is very difficult to see bacteria under the microscope. Chances are you’ll need to use at…

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Posted in: Microscopy Filed under: 100x, 40x, bacteria, eyepiece, Microscope, objective lens

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