Publications

µ•Notes, Vol.6 No.1, July 2007

Polarizers, Retarders, and Compensators: from the Celestial Sphere to the Poincare Sphere by Bill C. Mikuska

µ•Notes, Vol.5 No.1, July 2005

Acceptance Letter from Gilbert Hartley to SMSI

A Lucky Break for Polarization: The Optical Properties of Calcite by Mickey E. Gunter

Principles of Micromanipulators and Micromanipulation: A Mid-Century SMSI Lecture-Demonstration-Workshop by John Gustav Delly

SMSI President’s Report: July 2004 – July 2005 by Bill C. Mikuska

2005 SMSI Emile Chamot Award Recipient (Dr. Osamu Shimomura)

µ•Notes, Vol.3 No.1, July 1999

A Protocol for Authentication of Paintings by Walter C. McCrone and Eugene Markowski

A Case of Art Fraud Unmasked by Skip Palenik

Beware the Duster by Richard Hoyt Lee

Using Electrographic Techniques in Microchemical Metal Tests by James J. Benko

Julian D. Corrington and the Bausch & Lomb Model R Microscope by John Gustav Delly

SMSI Treasurer's Report - 1998 by Susan N. Young

Emile Chamot: The Man Behind the SMSI Award by Richard Hoyt Lee

A Microscopist and His Shadows by Leo Barish, (1999 Emile M. Chamot Award Recipitant)

µ•Notes, Vol.2 No.2, August 1998

Inter/Micro-48 by Walter C. McCrone

A Reminiscence of Inter/Micro at Cambridge, England - 1973 by Anna S. Teetsov

The Polam 213 Polarized Light Microscope by David J. Roy

The Cap Gun and the Microscope: First Steps in a MIcroscopical Odyssey by John Gustav Delly

A Quick and Easy Dry Mount Prep by James J. Benko

Centering Wrenches - Elusive and Captive by John Gustav Delly

Alteration When it Alteration Finds: A Microscopical Approach to Writing Sequence Determination by Joseph G. Barabe

Historical Perspectives by Richard Hoyt Lee

Can it Be Thirty years Ago? by Brian J. Ford

One Man's Odyssey Starting from Ithaca by Walter C. McCrone

1998 SMSI Emile M. Chamot Award Recipient (Walter C. McCrone)

µ•Notes, Vol.2 No.2, March 1998

Lquid Crystals by John Maple

McRI Flexi-Grad Program

Making a Microscope Slide Ring Oven by James J. Benko

New Use for an Old Grill by James J. Benko

SMSI Report for 1997 by Richard H. Lee

Exposure Determination in Photomicrography Using Gossen Meters with the Microscope Attachment by Joseph G. Barabe

Program for Certification in Applied Chemical Microscopy by McCrone Research Institute

SMSI Award Recipients - Part 1: A Look Back by Bill C. Mikuska

Publications of the State Microscopical Society of Illinois by John Gustav Delly

A Study in Frustration by Walter C. McCrone

SMSI Treasures Report - 1997

1998 SMSI Dr. August Koehler Award Recipient (Arthur Lawrence Edward Barron)

µ•Notes, Vol.1 No.2, July 1997

Forever Amber and Not so Forever Copal by James J. Benko

Louis Pasteur Remembered by Richard H. Lee

More Examples of the Personal Touch in Do-it-Yourself Projects by John Gustav Delly

SMSI Statement of Purpose

SMSI By-Laws

The Polarized Light Macroscope by Walter C. McCrone

SMSI Treasurer Report

Essential Oils as Refractive Index Liquids by Bill C. Mikuska

Head Lice and the Home MIcroscopist by James R. Millette

Comments and Corrigenda

Building a Polarized Light Microscope by Theodore M. Clarke

Theodore Rochow (1997 Emile M. Chamot Award Recipient)

Microscopy (An excerpt from the Encyclopedia of Chemical Analysis)

µ•Notes, Vol.1 No.1, February 1997

Filter Holder and Specimen-Manipulation Apparatus Designed and Built by Charles H. Kruchten by John Gustav Delly

Some Hint for Snow Fun by James Benko

Ferrihydrite - An Unusual Material by Richard H. Lee

Preparation and Uses of Needles for Manipulating Small Particles by Anna Teetsov

Micro Tips - Using the Photomicrography Form by Joseph G. Barabe

Digital Imaging in the Materials Engineering Laboratory by Theodore M. Clarke

An Introduction to Labradorescence by Garth Ziemba

Update on the Turin Shroud by Walter C. McCrone

A Computer Program for the Double Variation Method by Thomas Polaski and Jeffrey Hollifield

1997 SMSI Dr. August Koehler Award Recipient (Brian J. Ford) Photo by Joseph G. Barabe, courtesy of the McCrone Group, Westmount, IL

Micro-Notes, Vol.V No.1, January-March 1950

On the Natural Coloring Matter, Brazilin, and Its Use in Microscopical Technique. by John Luther Mohr, Ph. D.

Collecting And Identifying Diatoms. - I. by R. Fraser Bastow, F.R.M.S.

The Use of the Microscope in the Study of Mosses by Cloyd Burnley Stifler

Rotifer Chats by C. Rudlin, F.R.M.S., M.A.M.S.

Making Plastic Replicas Of Snow Crystals by Ben F. Laposky of Cherokee, Iowa.

New Products

Book Review

News from the Field

Micro-Notes, Vol.IV No.4, September-December 1949

The Mounting of Rotifera by John Hanley

The Garden Pond and Biology by H. G. S. Wright

Widgets and Gadgets No. 8 - Focusing a Photomicrographic Camera by Dan M. Stump

On the Action on the Gene by Peter J. Squicciarini

New-Products - Rolf Thienemann's Viewer

Super Microscope Using Mirrors

Beginning Structure of Heart

Elementary Particles Revealed

Plant Cells in Coal, New Technique

Mirror Microscope in Cancer Fight

Artificial Sapphires Made into Lenses

Fungus, not Frost, Causes Winterkill

Lenses of Germanium Metal Transmit Invisible Heat

"Dwarf" Germs Developed-from Big Ones

Miscroscope Gets X-Ray Eyes

Instrument Handle Acts Like Joy Stick

Ten Top Science Advances in 1949

Mass-Production of Schmidt Lens

Amateurs Bringing Fresh Viewpoints

X-Ray-Eyed Microscope Grows Powerful

Small Quantities

Micro-Notes, Vol.IV No.3, July-September 1949

Myxomycetes, Mycetozoa, or Slime Molds by Cloyd Burnley Stifler

Widget and Gadgets No. 7 - Kohler Illumination by Dan M. Stump

Further Notes on the Habits of Trichocerca Capucina by C. Rudlin, F.R.M.S., M.A.M.S.

Symposium on Fine Particles and Resolution June 9th to 11th 1949

Super-thin Tissue Sections

Plastic photographic Film

Camera Replaces Eyes

Things You've Never Wondered About

Electronics Reveal Make-up of Stars

Genes Nearer Identification

Fungi Present Own Evidence

New Lens Improves Eyesight

International Science Clubs

Food Possibilities of Water Plant

New Micro-Analysis Apparatus

Reflector Applied to Microscope

Growth Control Substance in Seaweed

Fluorescence Help Solve Soil Problems

National Quest for Knowledge

A Micro-Organism as Food Producer

Super Microscope Sees With Mirrors

Light for Photo Enlarger

Fingerprinting Powder Poisons Policemen

New Products - De Fonbrune Equipment for Probing the Unknown

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Laboratory Technique - A Good Algae Stain

Micro-Notes, Vol.IV No.2, April-June 1949

Possibilities for Biological Field Research in Chicago Area by Wm. Westfall

Fossil Diatomaceous Deposits in the United States of America by M. Rasmussen

Cancer under the Microscope on Regular TV Channel

Blood's "Police" Cells Surround Tantalum Metal

Dust Is Atomic Bomb Hazard, Study behind Iron Curtain Shows

Tropical Forest Mosquitoes Breed in Many Strange Places

"De-tailed" Bacteria Still Able to Swim

You Do Your Best Seeing with Eye's Index Point

New Insecticide Produces Hereditary Changes in Cells

"Dawn Redwood" Pollen Found in Scottish Coal

Mouse Ova with Extra Chromosomes Develop to Early Embryo Stage

Extracting Food from Yeast

Hair is 750 Times Thicker Than Thinnest Scientific Slices

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Micro-Notes, Vol.IV No.1, January-March 1949

TROCHOCERCA CAPUCINA - An European Cuckoo or an American Cow Bird Among the Rotifera by C. Rudlin, F.R.M.S., M.A.M.S.

What is the Relationship by J. E. Nielsen

Pleasures of the Microscope by M. Rasmussen

Early Flourite Objective Information obtained through Dr. Veda A. Latham

Widgets and Gadgets No. 6 - Correcting for Cover-glass Thickness by Dan M. Stump

Pleurosigma Angulatum by J. E. Nielson

New Products - A New Standard Laboratory Microscope

Laboratory Technique - Cleaning of Radiolaria from Barbados by Dr. V. A. Latham

Specimen Exchange

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Micro-Notes, Vol.III No.1, March 1948

STATE MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF ILLINOIS (Founded 1869)CHICAGO

Carchesium Culture by J. E. Nielsen

Vermilion Sea Of California by Dr. M. W. Johnson

Moravia Deposit by J. Kinker

Widgets And Gadgets by Dan M. Stump

Diatoms And Oysters by J. Bartholomew

Botanical Possibilities Of Chicago Region by Floyd Swink

On Effect Of Penicillin On Seed Germination

Streptomycin

On Taxonomy

Field - Trip Report by Floyd Swink

The Society's Annual Election by Floyd Swink

Technical Sessions by I.J.C.

Book Notes

Members Of Guests Indicate Their Interest

A Martin Achromatic Microscope by Frank J. Kelley

Living Organisms Under High Pressure by J. E. Nielsen

OBITUARY - John A. Long, Sir Herbert Jackson by V.A.L

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