Re: What kind of compound microscope a beginner should buy and how to start?
- From: Al <no.spam@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:40:52 GMT
In article <426CF4EA.FC92B47@xxxxxxx>, Joe <jdellafera1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> GTO wrote:
>
> > <snip>
> > 1) I would have to learn a little something BEFORE I start spending a
> > couple of hundred dollars on equipment. I would buy Professor Nachtigall's
> > great book (Werner Nachtigall, Exploring with the Microscope, Sterling
> > Publishing Co., New York (1996)). (Today, I would have to get a used paper
> > copy!)
>
> A great book. After reading the praises of this book (and despairing over the
> exorbitant used prices), I was notified of a copy for $8.50, which just
> arrived.
>
> >
> > 2) AFTER READING the book mentioned above, I would visit the
> > following
> > web page by Gordon at http://www.couger.com/microscope/links/gcnewbuy.html.
> > I would download Klaus Henkel's Mikrofibel from
> > http://www.weihenstephan.org/~fsrklauhenk/fibel/download.html (well
> > written!).
>
> 2-b) I would enroll in a German class at a local college in order to
> translate
> the aforementioned document! (Babelfish is pretty dismal with technical
> articles.)
>
> <snip>
>
> Joe (who would like to find a translation of Herr Henkel's paper)
>
A computer microscope like the Intel QX3 is an inexpensive way to start.
http://www.cyberbee.com/whodunnit/microscope.html
or
http://www.compuvisor.com/digbluqx3usb.html
Intel doesn't make it anymore, but it can be purchased surplus for about
$40 US like mine. There are equivalents available. Just Google for them.
Al
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