Polarized Light Microscopy in the Conservation of Painting
Download the PDF Editors’ note: Marigene H. Butler (Mrs. Daniel K. Butler) wrote this article in the late 1960s for what was supposed to be… Read More
A Microscopical Investigation of Pigments and Technique in the Cézanne Painting “Chestnut Trees”
Download the PDF Editors’ Note: In this second article by Marigene H. Butler, the methods and techniques described in her first, basic… Read More
An Investigation of the Materials and Technique Used by Paul Cézanne
Download the PDF Editors’ Note: This third article by Marigene H. Butler originally appeared as a typed preprint of a paper… Read More
Nitzschia reversa Photographed Through A Student Microscope
The story of reworking a Monolux microscope into a universal student microscope with fiberoptic source illumination is covered in my first article on microscopy (1). Read More
Adventures in Carbon Black
Where does one start with ubiquitous carbon black? Let us start with the element. Carbon black is an allotropic form of carbon. It is a cousin… Read More
A Critical Factor When Obtaining X-Ray Microanalysis Data
Clients are careful; they want to understand the data in hand before they begin devising a solution(s) to their materials issues. Scientists at McCrone Associates… Read More
Advanced Instrumentation in the Classroom
McCrone Microscopes & Accessories technical sales representatives are passionate about microscopy and materials analyses. They value the opportunity to increase STEM literacy to K-12 students,… Read More
Improve Your Photography Through the Microscope: 3 Ways to Capture High-Quality Images
Attaching a digital camera to your light microscope allows you to expand your capabilities of microanalysis. Capturing an image that accurately represents your view as… Read More
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
Technique Video: Making and Repairing Tungsten Needles
Micro tools are necessary when isolating, mounting, and handling 1-100 µm sized particles without the use of micromanipulators. In this Hooke College of Applied… Read More
