Dear David and fellow members: I'm a high school biology teacher who has been interested for years in Darwin. I've read extensively about Darwin over the...
Re PH Gosse: He died of old age in his own bed. But sadly, not easily, by some accounts! 2009 is proving an interesting year for celebrations! Our diocese...
David, I was confusing Gosse with another person. I should have checked my facts. However he did lead a rather difficult and often eccentric life. His work...
Steve, I have a copy of Eldridge's book. It is well written and I recommend it. For those who want a biography of Darwin, there are none better than Janet...
David I agree! The biographies by Janet Browne are among the best written. I think, even better, is Darwin: The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist, by Adrian...
Dan, did you post something that said to make a circle with vaseline? I did make sure I didn't post it myself nor see it in Jahn's book this time. Yours, Dora...
Hi Dora, That wasn't me. I put a thin line of vaseline on all edges of a cover glass by holding the cover glass at a 45 or so degree angle and pulling it...
Actually you posted something that said exactly what you just said, two years ago. I eventually found it. :) They've been discussing a slightly different...
Dora, Gosse did not kill himself- I mistook him for someone else. He was fairly troubled, but on the other hand both of his marriages (his first wife died of...
This is an interesting point of view. But the Theology forum members might say that in the interest of Theology these issues are best discussed in the...
I've (I think) nailed two of the ten diatoms in Dick's quiz. The holiday was a bit more hectic than I had anticipated. However, I will get my answers to Dick...
Oh, OK. I just thought you were unfairly hard on him, blasting him for criticizing his father. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@... ... From:...
Say, I've got two kinds of bdelloid rotifers at http://www.tiggernut24.com/Microscope/Quest.html One comes from the pathetic little moss and lichens on...
David, Good to see that you are emerging from the holidays unscathed, and that you have a new computer and DSL. I'll look forward to seeing your response to...
Some time back I wrote about rain filling temporary pools in Seven Springs Wash, north of Phoenix, and mentioned that I had collected a sample of brown/green...
... Springs Wash, north of Phoenix, and mentioned that I had collected a sample of brown/green stuff from the bottom of one such. Today I checked a water...
hello Carlos, If I may stick my nose in... regarding sieving: I use a 20 or 25 micron sieve (not exactly sure about that) when I want to keep as much diatoms...
Just stumbled on this resource in case of interest. It's a price list by J D Moller of his slides dated 1868, it seems to include (from my non existent German)...
Carlos and Raymond, I think Raymond has pretty much answered the question on sieving samples. I would be interested in knowing where you obtain your sieves...
Richard suggested 3% hydrogen peroxide" "More importantly, perhaps, this sample was beautiful under the scope, and I want to recommend yet another cleaning...
Dear Carlos, Dick and Raymond, A great deal of this is speculation. I think I have read of using elution to separate diatoms but I am not sure. The word...
Richard, It seems that every sample is different; some indeed clean beautifully, and others never come out the way you would want. But for muddy samples like...
... samples. I would be interested in knowing where you obtain your sieves in the different sizes of mesh? And how much they cost -- I am spending way too...
... samples. I would be interested in knowing where you obtain your sieves in the different sizes of mesh? And how much they cost -- I am spending way too...
Hello Gordon. I never heard about elution before, but sounds interesting for sure. I will take a look at your references to get more info. Reading your...
