"Gary G" <see.signature at bottom> wrote in message
news:p1sdpv87s36d6og1et8afm680fcasndbtj at 4ax.com...
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:25:57 +0200, "Lesley Robertson"
> <l.a.robertson at tnw.tudelft.nl> wrote:
>> >I've recently started scanning the huge collection of glass negatives
from
> >the Delft School Archives and have been amazed at the quality of late
19th
> >century pictures of microorganisms. I'm accustomed to the beautiful
quality
> >of portraits and landscapes from the period, but to find bacteria, yeasts
> >and protozoa in such detail was a bit of a surprise.
> >
> >Can anyone suggest a decent book or other source about the history of
> >photography through the microscope?
> >Lesley Robertson
> >http://www.beijerinck.bt.tudelft.nl> >
>> I have "Microscope and its use" by Munoz & Charipper. It covers
> modern microscope, illumination, microtome, stereoscopic microscope,
> metallurgical microscope and polarizing microscope. It was printed by
> Chemical Publishing Co, Inc. Brooklyn, NY, 1943. I suspect, however,
> that it is out of print.
>Thanks, but I really want the 1890s - photography changes so fast that 50
years would be far too modern. The dates on the negs are 1896 to 1899. David
Kafkewitz has kindly offered to donate an 1867 photography book to the
Beijerinck collection, which will help a lot.
Lesley Robertson
