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ISSUE NO. 18 MARCH 1992    
     
Editorial   2
Secretary's Notebook   3
Diptera Survey of    
Crowcroft Woods   4
H. W. H. Darlaston   7
Collecting Diatoms   8
Obituary - Book Review   9
Letters Page   10
Stinging Hairs of the Nettle   11
Towards a Homogeneous    
Background for Dry Mounting   12
Dipteran Halteres   14
The Microscope and    
Ophthalmic Surgery   16
Notes and Queries   18
From the Notebooks   21
     
     
ISSUE NO. 18 SEPTEMBER 1992    
     
Secretary's Notebook   2
Some Observations On Algae   3
NBS ABO Stain   5
More Notes on Foraminifera   6
Micro Aquaria   6
The Traviss Expanding Stop   8
Diatoms from a Dorset Stream   11
Walter White, MPS   14
Book Review   17
Letters Page   18
From the Notebooks   19
Book Notes   20
Notes and Queries   22
     
     
ISSUE NO. 20 MAY 1993    
     
Wood Sections   2
Punctuated Equilibrium   5
PMS Australia   6
Observations on Algae   7
Using Polystyrene Offcuts   8
Thomas Bolton   9
Centipedes - An Introduction   10
Oamaru Diatom Deposits   14
The Lutterworth Meeting   17
Balance Sheet   19
AGM Report   20
Volvox globator   21
Letter from America   22
Brownian Motion   24
Pollen - A Review   26
Making'Strange'Stops   28
Digitalis purpurea   30
Arum maculatum – Sequel   32
From the Notebooks (Sand)   33
Notes and Queries   35
     
     
ISSUE NO. 21 SEPTEMBER 1993    
     
Wood Sections   2
Binomial Nomenclature   4
History of Slide Mounting   5
Lophopus crystallinus   10
Fossil Plants   11
J. B.Dancer   15
The Red Squirrel   16
Tools - A Selection   17
Another Alga   18
Notes from Leonard Sandall   19
Diatoms   21
Narcotising   24
Fossil Foraminifera   25
Staining Dipteran Wings   27
Belstead House 1993   28
Microscopical Books   28
Slide Indexing   29
M.C.Cooke   31
On the Cards   32
Book Notes   33
MBZ-IO Stereomicroscope   34
Notes and Queries   34
     
     
ISSUE NO. 22 JANUARY 1994    
     
Wood Sections (Port 3)   2
Letter from America    
'A Monocular Muse'   5
Pollen - A New Approach   6
Microphotography   8
The Study of Pollen   11
The Farina of Flowers   11
Tongues   13
Daphnia Bairdii   17
Diatoms for Christmas   18
State of the Art 1690   20
Collecting Freshwater Life   23
Leeuwenhoek   24
What Is?   26
What Is an Alga   27
Belstead House 1953-1993   28
Slide Indexing   29
Fossil Foraminifera   31
Letters to the Editor   33
Notes and Queries   35
Subscriptions   36
For Sale – Wanted   30
     
     
ISSUE NO. 23 APRIL 1994    
     
From the Secretary   1
Wood Sections (Port 4)   2
Ode to a Sparrow   4
Letter from America    
Preparing Plant Tissue   5
Book Note   7
Stephanoceros eichornii   8
41st Annual Report    
Collecting Pond Life   9
A Place of My Own   13
Letters to the Editor   16
The Bed Bug   17
Foraminifera from Malta   18
The Magic of Light   20
Diatom Mountant – Pleurax   21
From the Notebooks   23
Microscopes as Tools   25
Fractals   26
Freshwater Amoebae   28
What is a Fungus?   31
Microscopy and Computer   32
Notes and Queries   33
     
     
ISSUE 24 JULY 1994    
     
From the Secretary   1
Annual General Meeting   2
Balance Sheet   3
Letter from America    
Arthur Marsden's Bookplate   4
Resolution and Depth   5
Preparation of Plant Tissue   5
Dermestes lardarius   6
Simple Starch   7
National Pollen Bank   10
Adventures in Mounting   11
What Are Bacteria   12
European Diatom Sites   13
European Estuarine Diatoms   14
Equisetales   16
Making a Microscope   17
Wood Sections   20
Hyoscyamus Niger   24
Musca domestica   25
Roberta   26
David Sheridan Spence   27
Book Review   28
Photomicromicrography   29
Desrnid Collecting   31
An Enthusiasts Comments   33
Notes and Queries   34
     
     
ISSUE 25 OCTOBER 1994    
     
From the Secretary   1
All is Sweetness and Light   2
Exhibiting at a Museum   3
A Diatom Experiment   4
Book Review   5
The Davon Micro-Telescope   5
Letter from America    
Edwin H. Land   9
Precision by Design   11
Mounting Insects and other Arthropods   13
What is a Protozoan   18
Microscope Light Base   18
Watson's Microscope Record   22
Trifles   23
Lighting for Macro   24
Before I got Hooked on Diatoms   26
J. Eric Marson   27
Letters to the Editor   28
Leonard Sandall – Desmids   28
Malham Tarn   30
Photomicrography   31
Illumination   32
A Veteran Microscope   33
Notes and Queries   34
     
     
ISSUE 26 JANUARY 1995    
     
From the Secretary   1
Dealing with Waste Chemicals Eric Marson 2
Metal Coated Slides G.A.Wright 3
Mounting Insects and other Arthropods Ernie Ives 4
A Mounting Tip Leonard Sandall 5
Musa cavendeshii John Nicholls 9
Photomicrography 3 Colin Lamb 13
The Felixstowe Meeting Peter Bruce 14
Letter from America - Diatom Preparation James Solliday 15
Three Combs of the Honey Bee Bernard Hartley 17
Towards a Homogenous Background    
for Dry Mounting B.Darnton 18
Tying Slides Fred Loxron 19
What Is It ? Chris Thomas 20
The 'Plantation Microscope' Stanley Warren 22
What About Making a Microtome Peter McBealh 26
The Davon Micro-telescope Arthur Burton 27
Under the Microscope Mary Beckett 28
A Modified Braking Pipette K.G. Brocklehurst 31
Problems on the Way Peter McBeath 32
Microslides: Care Maintenance and Repair John Nicholls 34
The Collection of Foraminifera Brian Darnton 35
Letters to the Editor   36
Notes and Queries   37
Co-operation: A look at other    
microscopical organisations   39
Buying Slides for your' Cabinet'   40
     
     
     
ISSUE 27 APRIL 1995    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Letter from America - The Geometry of Dip Nets Bert Loro 3
The Life and Work of Fred Kitton - Translated by Brian Damton 4
The Form of the Diatom Frustule Fred Kitton 7
Amphipleura pellucida Arthur Burton 8
From Leonard Sandalls Notebooks   8
Letters to the Editor   9
Joining the Dots, Making a Microscope Projector Peter McBeath 12
Moss Animals John Clegg 14
Microscopy at Milton Primary School Chris Thomas 16
Videorecording Live Protozoa Keith Brocklehurst 19
The Other Side of the Coin D.J.Richardson 21
Fish Scales - Preparation and D.J.Richardson 23
Beetle Eye Images - From Watson's Microscope Record   24
Mounting insects and other Arthropods Ernie Ives 25
Fluid Mounts Eric Marson 29
New Perspectives Maurice Smith 30
Ontogeny Recapitulates Phytogeny Bill Maclaren 32
Multiple Choice - Dancer Microslides Stanley Warren 34
Photomicrography - Part 4 Colin Lamb 37
Notes and Queries   38
     
     
ISSUE 28 JULY 1995    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Minutes of AGM 1994   3
'Smicroscope'   4
Balance Sheet 1994-95   5
Mounting Insects and other Arthropods Ernie Ives 6
Seeds for Mounting –    
From Leonard Sandalls Notebooks   9
Pictures with Depth Chris Thomas 10
Adapting a Simple Camera Peter McBeath 13
The AGM and Exhibition Peter Bruce 15
Winter Jasmine Douglas T. Richardson 16
Multiple Choice - Dancer Microslides Part 2 Stanley Warren 18
Navicula viridis - Rev. Dingley P. Fuge 22
Letter From America –    
Optical Identification of Minerals Daniel E. Kite 24
Photomicrography - Part 5 Spike Walter 26
To Do or Not To Do Ron Bridle 27
Eyepiece Barry Ellam 28
Crystal Photomicrographs Leo Milan 30
Diatomite John Clegg 31
Book Review - Scientific Photomacrography   32
Food Microscopy   33
Notes and Queries   34
     
     
ISSUE 29 OCTOBER 1995    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Mounting Insects and other Arthropods – 5 Ernie Ives 3
Letter From America –    
Optical Identification of Minerals - 2 - D. E.Kile 8
From my Own Cabinet - Polydesmus angustus D.T. Richardson 12
Notes from the Boxes - Oak Apple Gall D.T. Richardson 12
Diamond Pastes for Knife Sharpening Ernie Ives 14
How to Measure Micro Objects   16
Close-up Photography Arthur Burton 17
Letters to the Editor   18
Editorial Comment Fred Loxton 19
The Voyage of the Challenger Fred Loxton 20
Collecting Copepods, Ostracods and Cladocera J.B.Undehill 25
Dreams Peter McBeath 26
Eyepiece Barry Ellam 28
An Alternative World Spike Walker 30
Practical Microscopy - Belstead House Day Courses   31
Hydrodictyon Utriculatum - Thomas Bolton Leaflet   32
Slide Storage Peter McBeath 34
Book Review - Scientific Photomicrography   35
Notes and Queries   35
A Microscopic Lament   38
Membership List in Geographical Order   39
     
     
ISSUE NO. 30 JANUARY 1996    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Mounting Insects and other Arthropods - 6 Ernie Ives 3
Creating Silver Crystals Brian Darnton 8
Lifting Foraminifera from Sand Samples Brian Darnton 8
Storing Slides Duncan Leak 9
Letter From America - Optical Identification    
of Minerals –3 D. E.Kile 10
Gum Arabic Peter McBeath 14
Eyepiece Barry Ellam 16
Lighting for Macro Photography Arthur Burton 17
Joseph Edwin Barnard, FRS John Clegg 19
Last of the Big Spenders Peter McBeath 20
How the Confocal Scanning Microscope    
Came About George G. Vitt, Jr. 21
Slides in Circulation, Honey Bee Stomach Douglas T Richardson 23
The Measurement of the Numerical Aperture    
of Microscope Objectives M.H.Smith 24
A Rare form of a Beautiful Desmid William Ells 28
Practical Observations - Not Just a    
Freshwater Flatworm Douglas T Richardson 29
Microscopy Without Tears - Cotoneaster Berry Douglas T Richardson 30
Microscopists Meeting - Malham Tarn Dougtos T Richardson 32
Book Reviews - Freshwater Algae    
Exploring with a Microscope   33
Mounting Minute Beetles   34
Letters to the Editor   35
Opaque Mounting   36
Notes and Queries   37
     
     
     
ISSUE NO. 31 APRIL 1996    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Mounting Insects and other Arthropods – 7 Ernie Ives 3
Making an Exhibition of Oneself Phillip Lindsey 6
Working with Primary Schools   7
Balsam Post - Publication Information   8
Letter From America - Optical Identification    
of Minerals - 4 D. E. Kile 9
Watson's Club Portable Fred Loxton 10
A Microscope Thing ! Fred Loxton 13
Rock Sections - Preparation of    
Thin Sections Stanley L Toyn 14
Tea Crystals Derek Hellier 17
From the Notebooks - Respiration in Insects Paul Truelove 17
Measuring with the Microscope Arthur Smith 19
Camcorder and Microscope D.C.Stevens 21
Apochromatism and Other Terms   23
Chalk and Forams Fred Loxton 24
The Rapid Extraction of Foraminifera from Chalk Brian Damton 26
Tissue Embedding Without Tears Patrick Everest 27
More Lamentations Arthur Burton 28
The Measurement of the Numerical Aperture of    
Microscope Objectives Part 2 M.H.Smith 29
Multiple Images in the Cornea of a Beetles Eye   31
Letters to the Editor   33
Eyepiece Barry Ellam 37
Notes and Queries   33
     
     
ISSUE NO. 32 JULY 1996    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Notes for Contributors   2
Obituary - Dr. John Lubran   3
Rock Sections - Preparation of    
Thin Sections - part2 - Stanley L Toyn 5
A Sticky Problem Patrick Everest 8
Diptera and Microscopy Cecil Monk 10
from My Own Cabinet - Polydesmus angustus Douglas T Richardson 14
Letters to the Editor   16
More About Micrometers William Ells 17
Not Another Microscope! Peter McBeath 19
The Micro Siphon Brian Darnton 21
Pictures Without a Camera Chris Thomas 22
Simplified Acrylic Cell Bonding J A Bottomly 27
Machining Acrylic Tube Douglas Laycock 29
Desmids John Clegg 30
Wood Sections - Additions and Amendments Ernie Ives 32
Notes and Queries   38
     
     
ISSUE NO. 33 OCTOBER 1996    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Additions to the Library   3
Care of Boxes Peter McBeath 4
Book Reviews   5
Rock Sections - Preparation of    
Thin Sections - part3 Stanley L Toyn 8
Letters to the Editor   10
Micscape   10
Notes and Queries   11
More Notes on Foraminifera Brian Darnton 13
Ptiliidae Chris Thomas 14
Mounting Insects and Other Arthropods Ernie Ives 16
Shallow Fluid Mounts John White 22
Development or Design Fred Loxton 24
Eyepiece Barry Ellam 29
Letter from America - At the Microscope Mary H. Wheeler 31
The Microscope in the Study of Mosses G.T. Harris 32
The Rev. Dingley P. Fuge Fred Loxton 36
Pipe Dream or Impossibility Ron Bridle 38
Dreams to Reality Fred Loxton 38
Break Through - Cross Hills Naturalists' Society Douglas T Richardson 40
     
     
ISSUE NO. 34 JANUARY 1997    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Obituary - F. St. D. Rowntree OBE   3
Meeting Reports   4
Balsam Post - The Future Fred Loxton 6
Letter from America - Sand, Diatoms, Forams Leo J. Milan 7
Small is Beautiful Peter McBeath 8
Studying Copepods - part 1 Peter J. Bruce 9
Rock Sections - Preparation of Thin    
Sections - part 4 Stanley L Joyn 17
Freshwater Cladocera John Clegg 20
Book Review - An Atlas of British Diatoms   22
Inexpensive Dry Mounts Douglas T. Richardson 23
A Pond of Your Own   25
Eyepiece Barry Ellam 26
Mounting Insects and Other Arthropods Ernie Ives 28
AGM - Advance Information   33
Dr. John McArthur Arthur North 34
Letters to the Editor   35
Sales and Wants   37
Notes and Queries   38
     
     
     
ISSUE NO. 35 APRIL 1997    
     
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Studying Copepods - part 2 Peter J. Bruce 3
19th Century Microscopy in Bath Alan Hepworth 8
My Early Days Brian Adams 9
Letters to the Editor   10
Wood Sections - Additions and Amendments Ernie Ives 11
From My Own Cabinet - Taxus baccata Douglas T. Richardson 16
Lyme Disease Peter Bruce 17
Extracting Small Soil Animals Keith Brocklehurst 18
More Notes on Recent Foraminifera Brian Darnton 22
Viewing Thin Rock Sections Stanley Toyn 23
Loctite Glassbond as a Mountant Alan Hepworth 24
Pocket Lens Plant Lore Fred Loxton 26
Eyepiece Barry Ellam 27
Watson 'Fram' Microscope Douglas Laycock 29
Pond Note   32
How to Measure Micro Objects   32
Some Notes on Box 96/7 Stanley L. Toyn 33
Winter Sports - Making a Microtome Peter McBeath 34
The Macabre Manners of the Mighty Mole Brian Darnton 35
Jurassic Mud Peter McBeath 36
Belstead House   37
Notes and Queries   38
Sales and Wants   40
     
     
ISSUE NO. 36 JULY 1997    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Annual General Meeting 1997 Peter J. Bruce 3
PMS Accounts 1996-1997   4
Minutes of the 1996 Annual General Meeting   5
An Eminent Victorian Fred Loxton 6
The Krypton Factor Peter McBeath 9
Mounting Insects and Other Arthropods (10) Emie Ives 11
Of Horse Troughs and Fizzy Drinks Patrick Everest 16
Cooke, Troughton and Simms Polarising    
Microscopes Arthur Burton 18
A Windfall for the Microscope Fred Loxton 20
The Remarkable James Blackwood Frank Beattie 22
Mounting with Polyvinyl Lactophenol Barry Nattress 24
Objectives, Tubelengths and Eyepieces C. Hammond 26
Letters to the Editor   27
Eyepiece Barry Ellam 29
The Production of Grids Using Litho Film Brian Damton 31
On a Wing and a Prayer Stanley Warren 33
Thin Rocks Peter McBeath 35
The Fram - Additional Notes Editor 37
Notes and Queries   38
Sales and Wants   32
     
     
ISSUE NO. 37 OCTOBER 1997    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
New Boxes on Circuit3    
PMS Springtail Group News and Newsletter Keith Brocklehurst 4
Insects - A Note on Killing and Preserving Eric Marson 7
From the Circuit Secretary Ron Bridle 8
Mounting Miscellany Ernie Ives 9
Studying Copepods part 3 Peter Bruce 15
Lacewings   20
Eyepiece Barry Ellam 21
The Spiders Secret Mike Grizaard 23
Anaglyphs Arthur Burton 24
Some Thoughts on Fluid Mounts Patrick Everest 25
August Fred Loxton 27
A Project Completed Fred Loxton 29
Foraminifera - Old and New Brian Darnton 31
Simple Microscopes Fred Loxton 32
Rev. J .G .Wood Arthur Burton 35
Diatoms and the Development of the Microscope - Bernard Hartley 36
Notes and Queries   37
Sales and Wants   40
     
     
ISSUE NO. 38 JANUARY 1998    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Mounting Insects and Other Arthropods (11) Ernie Ives 3
Sales and Wants   6
From the Notebooks Peter McBeath 7
New Boxes on Circuit   8
From the Circuit Secretary Ron Bridle 8
At the Cutting Edge Peter McBeath 9
Getting to Grips with Sphagnum Brian Adams 11
Museonder Brian Darnton 15
Book Reviews - Confocal Laser    
Scanning Microscopy   16
Identification Guides to Aquatic Groups   17
Head Case Arthur Burton 19
Letter From America - Crystals are Fun Leo J. Milan 21
The Anatomy of Springtails Keith G. Brocklehurst 22
A Tiny Hair Fred Loxton 32
From My Own Cabinet - Water Beetle Douglas T Richardson 34
Notes and Queries   35
Meeting Reports   37
     
     
ISSUE NO. 39 APRIL 1998    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Minutes AGM May 1997   3
Collecting Forams in Northern Scotland John Bottomley 5
The Durness Visitors Centre John Bottomley 6
Video Camera Use David Walker 8
Beginners Luck Sidney Harvey 10
What's On Microscopical Meetings   12
A New View David Greenwood 13
Bookfind – FCL   14
Cover Comments Stanley Toyn 15
Yet Another Microscope Fred Loxton 16
Eyepiece Barry Ellam 20
Water Glass as a Mountant   22
Microscopy in Yorkshire John Cumberland 23
Letters to the Editor   24
Mounting Insects and Other Arthropods (12) Ernie Ives 26
Richard Adie James Solliday 30
Ame Fjellberg's Key to Collembola Keith Brocklehurst 31
From the Notebooks Box 87/23 Peter McBeath 36
Notes and Queries   38
Sales and Wants   40
     
     
ISSUE NO. 40 JULY 1998    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Mounting Miscellany Ernie Ives 3
Getting to Grips with Sphagnum (Part 2) Brian Adams 8
The Spider's Secret Explained John Dale 11
Cataracts, Contrast. Aluminium and Diatoms John Dale 12
Letters to the Editor   15
The Age of Smith (Part 1) Stanley Warren 17
Ectoparasites, a Mounting Technique Barry Nattress 26
Oblique Illumination Duncan Leak 28
From the Notebooks Box 90/24 Peter McBeath 31
Separating Foraminifera from Shore Sand Brian Damton 32
Chloral Hydrate Mountant Barry Nattress 33
Mounting, a Method Variation David Greenwood 34
Meeting Reports   35
Notes and Queries   37
What's On   40
Sales and Wants   40
     
     
ISSUE NO. 41 OCTOBER 1998    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Obituary John Clegg 3
Styrax, Storax and Liquidamber Brian Adams 4
PMS - 1973-1998 Colin Lamb 5
The Age of Smith (Part 2) Stanley Warren 13
The Harvestman Douglas Richardson 19
Into the Next Century Mick Chaplin 22
Foraminifera - Some Historical Aspects Brian Darnton 23
Bubbles Large and Small Ernie Marson 25
Some Extracts from the earliest Annual Reports   27
Desmid History Alan J. Brook 28
Cuttlefish Shell Arthur Burton 30
Eyepiece Barry Ellam 31
How The Microscope' Came About Arthur Barren 32
The Electric Pen Ray Parkinson 33
Mounting Insects and Other Arthropods (13) Ernie Ives 35
William Henley - A West Country Mounter Denis Gregory 40
Some Diatom Observations J.D. Greenwood 42
The Rhiconich Lochs Alan Joyce 43
What's On ! Dates for your Diary   47
Diatom Identification FCL   48
Sales and Wants   49
Gemmology and the Microscope Doug Morgan 50
Look and Find John Aspinall 54
Ladies in the PMS Ray Parkinson 56
Acrylic Cell Bonding John Bottomley 57
Paper Chase - in praise of paper covered slides Brian Darnton 59
Finishing Thin Rock Sections A.D.Morgan 61
Notes and Queries   63
     
     
ISSUE NO. 42 JANUARY 1999    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
The Zeiss Ultraphot Spike Walker 3
Eyepiece Barry Ellam 7
Through a Glass, Lightly John Nicholls 8
Spitting Images Arthur Burton 10
At the Cutting Edge - part 2 Peter McBeath 11
What is a CD ROM? Peter McBeath 12
The Genesis of Plant Galls Patrick Everest 13
Dr Arthur Hill Hassall Paul Bingham 15
What's On ! Dates for your Diary   17
From the Circuit Secretary Peter Bruce 18
The Traviss Attachable Mechanical Stage Stanley Warren 19
Dendritic Spots Fred Loxton 23
Meeting Reports   26
Foraminifera of Northern Scotland John Bottomley 29
Micrometeorites Dan Tierney 30
Sales and Wants   31
Mounting Insects and Other Arthropods (14) Ernie Ives 32
H N.Dixon, M.A., F.L.S. Brian Adams 35
Society Slide Collection Douglas T Richardson 39
Purchase of Old Collections of Microslides Douglas T Richardson 40
     
     
ISSUE NO.43 APRIL 1999    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Minutes - Annual General Meeting 1998   3
The Biter Bit Brian Adams 4
Mounting Insects and Other Arthropods (15) Ernie Ives 5
More on the Turnspit Arthur Button 10
Eyepiece Barry Ellam 11
A Lousy Tale Chris Thomas 13
Sectioning Difficult Botanical Material Patrick Everest 16
The Discovery of the Cause of Cholera Paul Bingham 17
J.D.Moller - a Note   18
J.D.Moller Leaflet   19
Microtomy Newsletter III   23
Olympus Transilluminator Base Douglas Laycock 28
Beetle Stories John Aspinall 30
The Hydra Hunt Sidney Harvey 31
From the Circuit Secretary Peter Bruce 34
Personalised Slide Labels Tom Moore 34
Sales and Wants   36
Seeing Through Cloudy Lenses J R Fletcher 37
Notes and Queries   38
What's On ! Dates for your Diary   40
     
     
ISSUE NO. 44 JULY 1999    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Mounting Insects and Other Arthropods (16) Ernie Ives 3
Restoring Objectives Sydney Harvey 6
Ruscus aculeatus Stanley Toyn 8
Eyepiece Dr. Hill Hassell Barry Ellam 9
Microtomy Newsletter IV    
Histological Techniques with Simple Apparatus Robin Wacker 13
Beginners Progress with Microtomy (Part 1) Victor J. Diss 16
Tissue Preparation Colin J. Kirk 17
Staining Station Colin J. Kirk 20
Making a Study of Bat Droppings Brian Darnton 21
Dry Mounts with a Difference Fred Loxton 23
A Simple Glycerine jelly Heater Brian Adams 27
Meeting Report   28
PMS Balance Sheet 1998-99   29
Notes and Queries   30
     
     
ISSUE NO. 45 OCTOBER 1999    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
The Production of Strewn Dry Mounted Slides Brian Damton 3
When Pollen Gets Up Your Nose Chris Thomas 5
Letters to the Editor   9
The 'Nature' Microscope Fred Loxton 11
Mounting Insects and Other Arthropods (17) Ernie Ives 13
You Too Should Try Infra-Red E. W. Taylor 19
Microtomy Newsletter V    
Methyl Benzoate as an Infiltration Intermedium Colin J.Kirk 21
Famous Fixatives - Bouin's Picro-Formol Colin J.Kirk 22
Using Bouin's Picro-Formol   23
Resin Mountants - A Personal Note Patrick Everest 24
Notes on Wax Section Adhesives Colin J Kirk 25
Solving Your Drying Problems Fred Loxton 27
Society Slide Collection Douglas T Richardson 29
Sales and Wants   29
Circle Cutting Device Douglas H Laycock 30
Book Review - The Life That Lives on Man Arthur Burton 32
Eyepiece Barry Ellam 33
More Dendritic Spots Fred Loxton 35
Meeting Report - Malham Tarn Barry Ellam 37
Notes and Queries   38
     
     
ISSUE NO. 46 JANUARY 2000    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Microtomy Newsletter VI    
Histological Techniques Robin Wacker 3
Adhesives for Sections M V Salmon 5
Microtomy NotesColin J Kjrk 6
A Very High Powered Microscope Brian Adams 8
Two More Travelling Microscopes Brian Wilkinson 9
Eyepiece Barry Ellam 14
Mounting Insects and Other Arthropods (18) Ernie Ives 17
Stained Whole Mounts of Leaves Eric Marson 20
Diatom Notes J H Carter 23
Mailer's Diatom Type Slide   26
Parfocal and Parcentring Rings Brian Wilkinson 27
A History Lesson on Cross Polars Mike Samworth 28
Meeting Reports   29
Balsam Post Accuracy   30
Local Heroes Fred Loxton 31
The Day the Light Failed Sidney Harvey 33
Melicerta Ringens another Bolton Leaflet   34
Another Way of Cutting Cells Edward Lee 36
Letters to the Editor   37
Sales and Wants   37
Books to Read - An American Author Arthur Burton 38
Notes and Queries   39
     
     
ISSUE NO. 47 APRIL 2000    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
AGM Minutes - May 1999   2
My Most Useful Book William Ells 4
The WandS Microscope Stanley Warren 5
All Roads Lmmead to the Oltschialp Guenther Koetitz 9
Dry Mounting of Foraminifera Brian Damton 13
Eyepiece Barry Ellam 16
What's On   18
In the Mind's Eye Chris Thomas 19
Letters to the Editor   21
Notes and Queries   22
Sales and Wants   24
Microtomy Newsletter VII    
Histological Techniques Robin Wacker 25
Famous Fixatives – Formaldehyde Colin J Kirk 27
Methyl Benzoate as Intermedium Colin J Kirk 28
Mounting Insects and Other Arthropods (19) Ernie Ives 29
Runs and Twiddles Paul Truelove 33
Notes from the Circuit Secretary   37
Notes from E D Evens   38
Belstead House Practical Microscopy Course   40
     
     
ISSUE NO. 48 JULY 2000    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Balance Sheet   3
Meeting Reports   4
Size Matters, if you are an Aphid by Chris Thomas 7
Mounting Insects and Other Arthropods (20) Ernie Ives 14
What a Wonderful World by Gordon Stowell 17
Repairing Paper Covered Slides Brian Damton 18
Marvellous Moss Piglets Paul Truelove 21
Eyepiece Barry Ellam 23
Microtomy Newsletter VIII    
Logwod Robin Wacker 28
Making a Start with a 'Rocker' Colin J Kirk 29
Grant Allen - a biographical note Fred Loxton 33
Book Review   34
Cutting Hair Sections Andrew Syred 34
Adjusting a Graticule Measuring Eyepiece William Ells 35
What's On   36
Sales and Wants   36
Notes and Queries   37
     
ISSUE NO.49 OCTOBER 2000    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Getting Stuck in with Leaves Chris Thomas 3
Eyepiece Barry Ellam 7
Letters to the Editor   9
LD.B.CatalanI - A Note   10
Guide to Diatom Mounting LD.B.Catatani 11
Mounting Notes (21) Ernie Ives 15
The Rev. Dingley P. Fuge, FRMS Fred Loxton 19
Marine Diatoms by Rev. Dinglev P. Fuge, RMS   20
Trials of a Tutor Ernie Ives 23
Water Immersion, what does it mean John Gairert 24
What the PMS is All About Peter Bruce 25
Lighting System for Stereo Microscope Douglas H Laycock 26
A Hi-Tec Ringing Table Tom Moore 28
Stentor Polymorphus   30
Charles Darwin Fred Loxton 32
Numerical Aperture - Depth of Focus   34
Notes and Queries   35
     
ISSUE NO. 50 JANUARY 2001    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Mounting Notes (22) Ernie Ives 3
Fern Scales Brian Darnton 9
Archimedes and Beyond Brian Darnton 10
Just a Tick Eddy Smith 12
Novice Notes   13
A Microscope of Sorts Fred Loxton 17
Meeting Reports   18
The Journal of Micrology   20
Wrinkles and Gadgets –    
Harmless Collecting - Two Notes   22
Foraminifera of Northern Scotland John Bottomley 23
Cutting Glass Circles   24
What's On   25
Beyond the Electron Microscope Paul Truelove 26
Crystals from Rhubarb Root Derek Hellier 28
Water Soldier Brian Adams 30
Picking Your Teeth for Microscopy Chris Thomas 31
Making Slide Rings   33
Cutting Glass Circles   34
Sorting Foraminifera for MountingJohn Bottomley   35
The QuestionArthur Burton   37
Sales and Wants   38
Notes and Queries   39
     
     
ISSUE NO.51 APRIL 2001    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Minutes AGM 2000   3
Mounting Notes (23) Ernie Ives 5
Mounting Microscopic Objects   8
Books and Sources Fred Loxton 10
Moral Tale for the Sessile Microscopist Chris Thomas 11
Crystals from Rhubarb Root Derek Hellier 14
Sales and Wants   15
Petri Dish Illuminator Douglas H Laycock 16
Novice Notes   18
Acrylic Cell Preparation John Bottomley 21
Eric Marson Slide Mounting Awards   26
Eyepiece Barry Ellam 27
Sidebotham and Microphotography Stanley Warren 29
Science Gossip Fred Loxton 34
Book Review - 'Environmental Microbiology' Mike Samworth 37
Meeting Report   38
Automated Pooling Les Larkman 38
Letter to the Editor   39
Whats on   40
Notes and Queries   41
Midgard Microscope    
     
     
ISSUE NO.52 JULY 2001    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
PMS Accounts 2000 – 2001   3
Book Review Colin Lamb 4
Third Age Microscopy Charles Bailey 5
Mounting (24) Emie Ives 7
Meeting Report   12
The Insect Wing Aaron Messing 13
Refractions   14
A Curious Foraminifera Brian Damton 15
The New Countryside Act Peter Bruce 16
Letter to the Editor   18
The Members Bring and Buy 'Spike' Walker 19
A Camera as a Low Power Projecting Microscope Chris Thomas 21
Mounting Microscopic Objects   23
What's On   26
Cover Slip Mounting Guide Douglas H Laycock 26
Notes and Queries   27
     
     
ISSUE NO. 53 OCTOBER 2001    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
bp Problems from The Editor   3
Meeting Report   4
Mounting Notes (25) Ernie Ives 5
Sales and Wants   11
Ichaboe Guano Dave Skeet 12
Botanical Sections Charles Bailey 13
Eyepiece Barry Ellam 17
A tale of the unexpected Brian Darnton 18
When Parfocality is at a Premium Chris Hammond 20
Old Delft Microscope Ernie Ives 22
Lignin Pink Douglas Richardson 24
The Study of Mosses G T Harris 25
Notes and Queries   29
     
     
ISSUE NO.54 JANUARY 2002    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Botanical Sections Part 2 Charles Bailey 3
What's On   6
Anthrax Paul Truelove 7
Mounting Notes (26) Ernie Ives 11
Letters   17
Gadgets. Lamps and Things   17
An Old Book   19
Eyepiece Barry Ellam 21
Sales and Wants   23
Spencer Knife Sharpening Machine Ernie Ives 24
Beginning with Microscopy Robin Wacker 26
Meeting Report   28
     
My First Box on Circuit Chris Thomas 29
Nature Notes   31
     
Mounting Moth Wing Scales 33
Science Gossip 34
Notes and Queries 37
     
     
ISSUE NO. 55 APRIL 2002    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Mounting Notes (27) Ernie Ives 3
Sales and Wants   7
Botanical Sections Part 3 Charles Bailey 8
A Beetles Wing Chris Thomas 13
Robert Hooke Dave Skeet 17
Slides with Polished Edges Robin Wacker 20
Enjoyment from a Darnton Slide Maurice 0. Moss 21
W. Watson and Sons Ltd   22
Nature Notes   25
The Opilione Paul Truelove 27
Sales and Wants   30
Notes and Queries   31
What's On   32
     
     
ISSUE NO. 56 JULY 2002    
     
From the Secretary   1
Society Notes   2
Mounting Notes (28) Ernie Ives 3
Meeting Reports   7
Incident Lighting - Make Your own Douglas H. Laycock 9
Study the Stars Paul Truelove 15
Nature Notes   17
Playing with Diamonds Chris Thomas 19
Microtomy News Letter IX   24
Botanical Sections Part 4 Charles Bailey 27
Eyepiece Barry Ellam 31
Fleas Norman Defoe 32
Obituary - Brian Andrew Adams   37
Thin Sections of Rocks Duncan Woodcock 38
Balance Sheet 2001 –2002   40


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