Keith ... Here's a typical view of what else was on the slide. There are some kind of crystals there, but nothing that caught my eye: ...
1998
Dan
danrx12000
May 2, 2007 12:44 pm
Hello all, Because of all the chatter on this group about diatoms, I started noticing them more. I think I like the live ones better than the prepared slides....
1999
Richard Carter
rcarter68502
May 2, 2007 1:08 pm
Dan, I think you have photographed two different species of the genus Gomphonema. They are abundant, attached to aquatic plants, stones, etc. The...
2000
Dan
danrx12000
May 2, 2007 1:16 pm
Thanks Dick, That gives me a place to start looking. Dan ... Gomphonema. They are abundant, attached to aquatic plants, stones, etc. The mucilaginous stalks...
2001
Dan
danrx12000
May 3, 2007 10:16 pm
Hello all, I have just updated my website index page with pictures from a Motic 2300 dedicated microscope camera. To those who might be planning to buy or...
2002
David B. Richman
diatoms46
May 5, 2007 3:26 am
I have been less active lately because of a number of issues that have arisen. First I needed to build a bookcase (pre-fab) for the diatom library. That took...
2003
Daniel Holloway
danrx12000
May 5, 2007 11:18 am
Looking forward to your article on Micscape! Glad you are back in stride. Dan ... From: David B. Richman <tithonia@...> To:...
2004
scitech200
May 5, 2007 2:16 pm
Hello Dan, It's great to hear that you are up and running with the new Moticam. You will not regret the investment in a complete camera-software package...
2005
Daniel Holloway
danrx12000
May 5, 2007 8:42 pm
Good Keith, I hope you are happy with the move. I have developed a fascination for live diatoms but to get fresh samples I have to travel a bit. Might be a...
2006
scitech200
May 6, 2007 2:37 pm
Bill, Thanks again for sharing your info. Now I'm really curious as to what is going on with that Merlot. Could you be pursuaded to try a different wine for...
2007
scitech200
May 6, 2007 2:46 pm
Hello Dan, These are really nice "first light" images! Could you give us some info on your microscope setup, in particular the objective and lighting scheme? I...
2008
William M. Dembowski,...
elton_moonsh...
May 8, 2007 3:12 pm
Keith ... The only other wine I had on hand at the time I did the Merlot was some Pinot Grigio, a white wine. It showed me absolutely nothing....
2009
Raymond
tsuperbus
May 9, 2007 8:24 pm
dear group, I have made a few milliliters of Styrax from the Brunel storax. I simply poured a small amount of storax thinned with ethanol into a petri dish...
2010
scitech200
May 12, 2007 11:44 am
Hello Raymond, Great to hear from you re your styrax experiments. ... It seems that you have given us an understanding of the mystical, but critical, "horny"...
2011
Raymond
tsuperbus
May 12, 2007 8:25 pm
Hello Keith, thanks. There were no airbubbles; I used the styrax pretty much like Zrax; a gentle heating until the solvent started to boil. The coverslip mount...
2012
David B. Richman
diatoms46
May 14, 2007 11:43 pm
I just picked up six slides by W. A. Firth on the Internet. These are: Stoschia admirabilis ( = Coscinodiscus reniformis) Philippines Aulacodiscus cellulosus...
2013
David B. Richman
diatoms46
May 15, 2007 2:04 am
I got the specimens today. The T. favus is the quadrate form and the various diatoms from Cormacks include 13 specimens. I have tentatively identified them...
2014
currentscrafts
May 16, 2007 3:04 am
Please Un-Subscribe me. It has been some interesting but my groops have grown too large. Thanks, Joe: currentscrafts@......
2015
COURYHOUSE@...
couryhousesmecc
May 16, 2007 3:06 am
unsub yourself if you read your screen you will notice there is a hyperlink at the bottom to do it yourself.. In a message dated 5/15/2007 8:04:39 P.M. US...
2016
Stan Muller
mullersgoodies
May 17, 2007 9:09 am
Hi Joe, To unsubscribe, send an email to; microscopehobby-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com, and you will receive a conformation email, respond to it and you will be...
2017
David B. Richman
diatoms46
May 19, 2007 1:34 am
For the last several days I've been involved with judging at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Albuquerque. We had over 1580 students...
2018
Dan
danrx12000
May 19, 2007 11:20 am
Hello David, That is good to hear. I have had groups of high school students tour the departments of the hospital where I worked. I was not impressed. The...
2019
David B. Richman
diatoms46
May 21, 2007 2:49 am
I got two more diatom books to add to the library. One is ДиатомовЬіе...
2020
Gordon Couger
gcouger
May 21, 2007 6:36 am
Dan, There are kids out there that are sharp with plenty of interest in science but they have grown up with tools we really don't use very very well compared...
2021
David B. Richman
diatoms46
May 21, 2007 1:56 pm
I'll second Gordon in that, but add that the current "teaching to the test" has made everything much worse. We did need reform, but went too far in the test...
2022
David B. Richman
diatoms46
May 21, 2007 11:19 pm
Unfortunately Yahoo does not do Cyrillic! David Richman...
2023
Gordon Couger
gcouger
May 27, 2007 10:35 pm
If your interested in coatings Alfred Thelen has his book www.alfredthelen.com/dooic.pdf <http://www.alfredthelen.com/dooic.pdf> on line at...
2024
David B. Richman
diatoms46
May 28, 2007 1:55 pm
Dick Carter and I are nearly done with our article for Micscape on the Oamaru diatom flora. We will probably have 30 or so examples in the album, plus some...
2025
Dan
danrx12000
May 28, 2007 2:46 pm
Way to go David! Looking forward to the Micscape article. By the way, can the spider pictures be accessed online at National Geographic for Kids? I would...
2026
David B. Richman
diatoms46
May 28, 2007 3:46 pm
Dan, They used one of the photos for their website. It is at http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Stories/WackyStories/Spider-man-3 - bottom photo. David...
