A “Poor” Microscopist’s Inverted or Chemical Microscope

From time to time, it happens that minute objects inside a bottle or dish containing a liquid have to be observed and photographed in situ… Read More

A “Poor” Microscopist’s Clean Bench

View PDF When working with minute objects such as micrometer-sized particles, fibers, metal and plastic fragments, debris, et cetera, it soon becomes evident that… Read More

A Simple Semi-Micro Combustion/Pyrolysis Apparatus For Use With Any Stereomicroscope

One of the typical unit operations in classical microchemical (and also semi-microchemical) work, as founded by Behrens, Emich and others, is the exposure of the… Read More

A “Poor” PLM Microscopist’s Tunable Monochromatic Light Source

When doing some more sophisticated work with a polarized light microscope (PLM), from time to time the desire emerges to have a monochromatic… Read More

A “Poor” Microscopist’s Hotplate

The title of this little note was inspired by a series of articles on the “poor” microscopist’s hotstage and its accessories that… Read More