I think it is either Nikon or Olympus, looks ok for all you can see... For competitive pricing, check this site: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/full_shop.html...
John: The stand most certainly appears to be an older Olympus "CH" series. But, the optics (especially the oculars) are not the optics that would have ...
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Btw Gordon, that is a fine job you are doing. I downloaded a Leitz Ortholux manual a little while ago, and it has been very helpful. Thanks for making all this...
Congratulations to the people who created this resource. I just visited www.science-info.org and downloaded as much as I could. Great stuff! Now, I finally...
NASA have an HTML based inflation calculator used by their cost engineers at: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/bu2/inflateCPI.html It calculates anywhere between 1913...
Hello, We purchased a used Wild M-8 Stereo microscope. This scope has a non-tilted adjustable prismatic eyepiece assembly, and an F-200 objective lens (versus...
Hello Charles, Sounds like you got an M8 set up as a surgical microscope. You may want to contact McBain Instruments in California, USA, or Bunton Instruments...
I picked up a 10x eyepiece with a measuring reticle but I am not smart enough to read it. I know my spacings are not exact but you will get the idea. How would...
An eyepiece reticle must be calibrated before use. For accurate work one uses a "stage micrometer", a slide with an acurate scale engraved on it. You set the...
Hi Jim, Looks like this scale was originally meant to read direct in millimeters (or microns, aka "micro-meter" in current terms) (a micron/micro-meter is...
Tom- Great job. Really nice. I'm getting some mothballs tomorrow !! Thanks for a great tip. Rgds, Mike Shaw ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Friends- I always check everything I buy used in terms of lab equipment- even magnets or any surplus- for-- RADIATION. I have a great geiger counter -...
I am an MLT student, and have been looking around for a microscope to use for home study. Nosing around in the store-room at the lab where I'm doing clinicals ...
First thing I would try would be a new bulb. ... From: Les To: Microscope@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 9:21 PM Subject: [Microscope] Anybody...
Thanks for all the nice comments everyone! One of the things I like most about photomicrography is that I can share my images with others. This is a really...
Just a little bit on CBS, what I found through google: 1) Kassel is a city in Germany( west Germany before the Reunion) 2) CBS stands for Christian Beck und...
Hi Tom. Great photographs. How about a short primer on slide prep. What are you using to dissolve your various crystals. Are most of them a melt or an...
... want to ... hardware, so you ... beware - ... head, ... options, ... a few ... Hi Gregg, Thanks for your reply. This scope came with one of those nice...
Hi ya' Jim :-) Thank you for your nice comments. Most of my crystal slides are produced from aqueous solutions. Besides the naphthalene crystals, I have made...
Indeed, Charles, The Wild, now Leica, stereo microscope line is the most modular and flexible on the planet, in terms of optics and accessories. I understand...
Hi Gregg, Thanks again for your help! I've seen those "ergo wedges" for sale reasonably; but it looks as though they are about 30' max from vertical. So i...
Hi Have to use mothballs too. Killing 2 birds with one stone. First you have the mothball cum crystal inspection, secondly one can study the moths which the...
Beck Kassel scopes had a very good quality. I used in the past a binocular one. Your problem may be related to an incorrect use of the substage condenser, if...
Also, quite a number of years ago, a large batch of microscope equipment from Aus Jena was quite radioactive. The optical glass was contaminated and all there...
WHAT? From the factory??? Not a cold war story? ;-) Rene. I'll get a counter in a minute, I was wondering wher all my floaters came from. I thought it was the...
