Contents of recent Bulletin issues

The contents of some recent issues of the Bulletin of the Quekett Microscopical Club are shown below.

A list of article titles and authors is available in password-protected area for Quekett members.

Front cover of October 2021 issueOctober 2021 – No. 81

– Cover Picture
– From the Editor
– From the President
– From the Secretary
– From the Webmaster
Knowledge Zone
– 5 Articles
Citizen Science
– 3 Articles
Your Articles
– 7 Articles
Expert Article
Dear Chris
Quekett Outreach
Club Activities
– 4 Articles
Notices

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Front cover of April 2021 BulletinApril 2021 – No. 80

– Cover Picture
– From the Editor
– From the President
– From the Secretary
– From the Webmaster
Knowledge Zone
– 5 Articles
Citizen Science
– 9 Articles
Your Articles
– 21 Articles
Expert Article
Dear Chris
Quekett Outreach
– 3 Articles
Club Activities
– 5 Articles
Notices
– 5 Articles

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Bulletin September 2020 front coverSeptember 2020 – No. 79

– Cover Picture
– From the Editor
– From the President
– From the Webmaster
– From the Secretary
Your Articles
– 22 Articles
Expert Article
Dear Chris
Quekett Outreach
– 3 Articles
Club Activities
– 5 Articles
Notices
– 4 Articles

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May 2020 Bulletin front coverMay 2020 – No. 78

Editorial/Committee
– Cover Picture
– From the Editor
– From the President
– Quekett Communication in a Virus Restricted Age
Your Articles
– 16 Member Articles
Outreach – Overview
Quekett Outreach
– 8 Outreach Activities
Club Activities
– 9 Club Events
Notices
Forthcoming Events
Sales

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November 2019 Bulletin front coverNovember 2019 – No. 77

EDITORIAL
YOUR ARTICLES
– 6 articles
DEAR CHRIS
– 5 Letters from Members with answers, tips and calls for help
QUEKETT OUTREACH
– 5 different ways the Quekett promoted microscopy
CLUB ACTIVITIES
– 12 reports on the QMC’s practical events and exchanges
NOTICES
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
SALES

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April 2019 Bulletin front coverApril 2019 – No. 76

EDITORIAL
– From the Editor
– From the President
– From the Webmaster
YOUR ARTICLES
– 16 articles by 14 authors
BOOK REVIEW
– Hair of West European Mammals, by B. J. Teerink
DEAR CHRIS
– 5 letters from Members with answers, tips and calls for help
QUEKETT OUTREACH
– Sidmouth Science Festival, by Pam Hamer
– National Honey Show, by Paul Smith
– Arkwright Scholars Workshop, by Alan Wood
– Shrewsbury Flower Show, by Ralph Prince
CLUB ACTIVITIES
– Flatford Slide-making Weekend
– Gossip meeting “Slides of stained specimens”
– Warnham Locan Nature Reserve excursion
– Wimbledon Common Open Day
– West Midlands (Penkridge) autumn meeting
– PMS Pool in Wharfedale meeting
– Annual Exhibition of Microscopy (Quekex)
– Microscopium
– South Coast (Langton Matravers) autumn meeting
– East of England meeting
– Workshop: Making crystal slides
– Christmas Quiz & Lecture
– Gossip meeting “My latest microscopical acquisition”
NOTICES
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
SALES & WANTS
NOTES ON RECORDING A SLIDESHOW TALK
ADVICE ON ONE TO TWO MINUTE QUICK VIDEO

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Bulletin 75 front coverOctober 2018 – No. 75

EDITORIAL
– From the Editor
– From the President
– From the Webmaster
– Recording a slideshow talk or presentation – for speakers or event recorders
YOUR ARTICLES
– 23 fascinating and varied Member contributions
BOOK REVIEW
– The secret life of flies, by Erica McAlister
DEAR CHRIS
– 3 letters with answers, tips and calls for help
QUEKETT OUTREACH
– A call for proposals for charitable projects, by Stephen Parker
– The Big Bang @ Weston Science and Engineering Fair, by David Spears
– Citizen science project ‘The Rambling Microscopist’, by Jacky McPherson
– Volunteers required for the QMC slide collection database, by Pam Hamer
CLUB ACTIVITIES
– South Thames Discussion Group
– South Coast Spring Meeting
– West Midlands Spring Meeting
– Joan Bingley’s first presidential address “The joy of bryology”
– Wimbledon Common excursion
– Gossip meeting “Hand lenses and their uses”
– Gossip meeting “Home-made or improvised equipment for microscopy
– Basingstoke Canal excursion
– One to two minute quick video recording, by Chris Thomas
NOTICES

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Bulletin 74 front coverApril 2018 – No. 74

EDITORIAL
– From the Editor
– From the President
– From the Webmaster
YOUR ARTICLES
– Surveying the Barony Mill Pond Birsay, Orkney, By Alan Jones
– Farewell, By Brian Singleton
– iRecord for Wildlife Sightings, By Charles Hussey
– A Member’s Ramblings from Abroad, By Carel Sartory
– Field Studies Council: Natural History Courses
– Modifying a Microscope for Photography, By Chris Algar
– Histology: A Futurelearn Course, By Guy Moody
– The Micrarium at the Grant Museum of Zoology, By Steve Gill
– Hollis’ Liquid Glue – Mystery? By James Bennet
BOOK REVIEW
– In One Yard: Close To Nature, W. A. Hatch
DEAR CHRIS
– Letters to The Editor
QUEKETT AWARD
– Jonathan Muyal, GIA
QUEKETT OUTREACH
– A summary of the Club’s outreach events: Aug 2017 – Dec 2018
– AES Annual Exhibition
– Malvern Festival of Innovation
– Wimbledon Common Open Day
CLUB ACTIVITIES
– Gossip meeting “Botanical slides”
– Warnham Local Nature Reserve excursion
– Workshop on fluorescence microscopy
– West Midlands Autumn Meeting
– Microscopists’ Weekend at Windermere
– Annual Exhibition of Microscopy
– Gossip meeting “My latest microscopical acquisition”
– Slide-making Weekend at Flatford Mill
– Cranedale Meeting
– Microscopium
– Eastern Counties Microscopy Meeting
– Christmas quiz and lecture
– Workshop on image processing
NOTICES

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Bulletin 73 front coverSeptember 2017 – No. 73

EDITORIAL
– Cover Picture
– Correction
– From The President – Joan Bingley
– From The Webmaster – Alan Wood
YOUR ARTICLES
– A Return To The William Cowan Microscope By Alan Jones
– Why Do We Venerate Old Microscopes? By Ian Peden
– Cameras For Field Naturalists By Ken Merrifield
– Observations From Mount Etna By Willem Cramer
BOOK REVIEW
– Most Wonderful In The Smallest: A Year In The Pursuit Of Common Freshwater Microorganisms By Linda Vanaller Hernick (review by Chris Thomas)
CLUB ACTIVITIES
– Annual General Meeting, Tuesday 14/03/2017
– West Midlands Spring Meeting Saturday, 18/03/2017 – By Jeremy Poole
– Langton Matravers Spring Meeting, Saturday 01/04/2017 – By David Spears
– East Midlands Meeting, Saturday 08/04/2017 – By Jacky McPherson
– Video Talks
– Keyence VHX-5000 Demonstration, Thursday 20/04/2017 – By Alan Wood
– Marine Microscopy Weekend 19/05/2017 – By Carel Sartory
– Wimbledon Common Excursion, Saturday 20/05/2017 – By Alan Wood
– Eastbrookend Country Park Meeting, Saturday 27/05/2017 – By Alan Wood
– Gossip Meeting “Slides For Polarised Light” Tuesday 13/06/2017 – By Alan Wood
– Gossip Meeting “My Latest Microscopical Acquisition”, 11/07/2017 – By Alan Wood
– Basingstoke Canal Excursion, Saturday 22/07/2017 – By Alan Wood
– Microscopists’ Weekend At Malham Tarn, Friday 28/07/2017 – By Zena Henderson
OUTREACH
– Overview Of Outreach – By Pam Hamer
– AES Members’ Day Saturday 29/04/2017 – By Alan Wood
– RMS Microscience Congress 04/07/2017 – By Carel Sartory
CITIZEN SCIENCE
– Connecting With The Crowd At The NHM Friday 16/06/17 – By Joan Bingley
– Transcribing Postal Microscopical Society Notebooks By Jacky McPherson
– Quekett Spotted Wing Drosophila Survey Experiment By Chris Thomas
– Inaturalist: Spot It, Record It, Name It, Post It! By Chris Thomas
NOTICES
– QMC Microscopium
– Eastern Counties Microscopy Meeting
– For Sale

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Bulletin 72 front coverApril 2017 – No. 72

Editorial
From The President – Carel Sartory
From The Secretary – Joan Bingley
From The Webmaster – Alan Wood
Your articles:
– Curious Reflections On The Nature Of Light
– Letters To The Editor
– The E-Bay Diaries – Tiskadill
– Interference Figures Of Calcite, And Memories Of A Gossip Of Forty Years Ago – John Goodman
– Tip: Cheap Polarisers
– Radiolaria And Ernst Haeckel – Nigel Williams
– Travel Kit (534g) – John Tolliday
Club activities:
– Going Dutch: Report On The Joint QMC/NVGM Meeting In Delft – Phil Greaves
– Spotted Wing Drosophila Survey
– Annual Exhibition Of Microscopy
– Pool In Wharfedale – Mike Samworth
– Microscopium – James Rider
– Langton Matravers Autumn Meeting – Alan Wood
– Eastern Counties Microscopy Meeting – Lewis Woolnough
– A Historical Challenge – Chinese Water Microscope
– Workshop On Optical Experiments
– Microscopy At Flatford Mill – Joan Bingley
– South Thames Discussion Group, Wallington – Ruth Humphreys
Quekett project:
– Quarterly Update – September 2016 – Hannah Cornish
Outreach:
– Arkwright Scholars Workshop
– The Honey Show
– The Sidmouth Science Festival
Notices

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Bulletin 71 front coverSeptember 2016 – No. 71

Editorial
From the President
From the Secretary
From the Webmaster
Your articles:
– Dual-observer attachments – Alan Wood
– Something a mite different – Pam Hamer
– The eBay diaries – Tiskadill
– William Oldfield microscope – Dave Skeet (letter to Editor)
– The William Cowan microscope – Alan Jones
– Call to arms: Spotting the invader (Spotted-Wing Drosophila) – Chris Thomas
Club activities:
– About the E. D. Evens project – Jacky McPherson
Guest article:
Wollemia nobilis (Wollemi pine): A living fossil – Rob van Es
Notices

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Bulletin 70 front coverMarch 2016 – No. 70

Editorial
From the President
From the Secretary
From the Webmaster
The Royal Society of Biology
From our members:
– Macrophotography of the Bryozoa and some unusual fluorescence – Dr Gerald Legg
– Microscopy at the Royal Polytechnic Institution – Geoff Petts
– An affordable industrial digital materials microscope for transmitted light low power biological use – Dr John D. Tolliday
– eBay diaries – Tiskadill
Gossip Meetings/Lectures/Workshops: Record of exhibits
Reports of excursions
Reports of other meetings
Future meetings

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Cover of 150th Anniversary Bulletin150th Anniversary 2015 – No. 69

Editorial
From the President
Quekex 2015
The Exhibition – Past, Present and Future
The Past
The Present – The photographic display
The Present – Members’ exhibits
The Present – The slide display
The lectures
– Pat Morris – Squire Waterton and his eccentric taxidermy
– Kevin Webb – A condenser-free Zernicke phase contrast system
– Phil Greaves – The life of John Thomas Ouekett
The Future – Exhibits and displays
Poster – The great small world of John Ouekett

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Bulletin 68 front coverSeptember 2015 – No. 68

Editorial
From the President
From the Secretary
From the Webmaster
Quekex 2015
From our members
– Microscope attachment for a smart phone – Guy Moody
– Sections of flower buds with 3-fold symmetry – Maurice Moss
– Crystals on the surface of the water flea, Daphnia sp. – David Linstead
– eBay diaries – Tiskadill
– Leeuwenhoek microscope – Dr Tomas Camacho
– The Universal Microscope
Club activities – reports on gossips, lectures, workshops, excursions
Local meetings supported by the Club
Report of events promoting microscopy
Future meetings

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Cover of March 2015 BulletinMarch 2015 – No. 67

Editorial
From the President
From the Secretary
From the Webmaster
Quekex 2015
From our members
– Airborne pollen / dust sampler – Derek Stevens
– The Eppendorf tube and it’s uses – Tony Pattinson
– DIY cup stages and ball tables – Alan Wood
– eBay diaries – Tiskadill
– The new NHM microscope – Pam Hamer
Gossip Meetings/Lectures/Workshops: Record of exhibits
Reports of excursions
Reports of other meetings
Future meetings
Microscopes for sale
Colour enlarger for sale

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Cover of September 2014 BulletinSeptember 2014 – No. 66

Editorial
From the Secretary
From our members
– Photomicrography and stereophotomicrography – W A Cooper
– A paper microscope – Editor
– A watch glass holder – Norman Chapman
Virtual microscopy – Pam Hamer
Gossip Meetings/Lectures/Workshops: Record of exhibits
Reports of excursions
Reports of other meetings
Future meetings

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Cover of March 2014 BulletinMarch 2014 – No. 65

Editorial
From the Secretary
From the Meeting Secretary
From the Curator-Collections Officer
From the Librarian
Quekex 2014
From our members
– Some images of sand – Brian Davidson
– Notes on the hardware of dark ground illumination – Barry Ellam
– A member’s ramblings from abroad – Carel Sartory
– A project to construct a stage for stacking – Graham Mathews
– The eBay diaries – Tiskadill
Gossip Meetings/Lectures/Workshops: Record of exhibits
Quekex 2013
Excursions
Reports of other meetings
Future events

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Cover of September 2013 BulletinSeptember 2013 – No. 64

Editorial
From the Secretary
From the Curator-Collections Officer
From the Webmaster
From the Librarian
From our members
– Does it all stack up – Lewis Woolnough
– Accessories for manipulating objects under stereo microscopes – some extras – Darren Mann
– Leeuwenhoek microscope project – Jacky McPherson
Gossip Meetings/Lectures/Workshops: Record of exhibits
Reports of other meetings
Future events

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Cover of March 2013 BulletinMarch 2013 – No. 63

Editorial
Note from the President
From the Secretary
From the Meetings Secretary
From the Curator-Collections Officer
From the Webmaster Designate
From our members
– Coverslip processing of wax embedded sections – Colin Kirk
– Tar spot of sycamore leaves – Maurice Moss
– Accessories for manipulating objects under stereo microscopes – Alan Wood
– Drawing – Contributions by Gwyneth Thurgood, Maurice Moss, Barry Ellam and Norman Chapman
– The eBay diaries – Tiskadill
– A member’s ramblings from abroad – Carel Sartory
Gossip Meetings/Lectures/Workshops: Record of exhibits
Reports of other meetings
Future events

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Cover of September 2012 BulletinSeptember 2012 – No. 62

Editorial
Note from the President
From the Secretary
From the Meetings Secretary
From the Curator-Collections Officer
From our members
— Some experiences with a camera and microscope – Mike Gibson
— A note on Cooke, Troughton & Simms’ pre-war microscopes – Bob Nutall
— Showing children butterfly scales – Maurice Moss
— The eBay diaries – Tiskadill
— Maurice Stiassnie: a poorly recognized French microscope maker – Alain Berjonval
Gossip Meetings/Lectures: Record of exhibits
Reports of other meetings
Future meetings

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Cover of March 2012 BulletinMarch 2012 – No. 61

Editorial
Note from the President
Secretary’s notes
Notes from the Meetings Secretary
From the Curator-Collections Officer
Quekex 2012
From our members
— Micro-photography first steps – Alan Casperd
— The eBay Diaries – Tiskadill
Eumaeas minyas – a lycaenid butterfly – Maurice Moss
— An exhibition of microscopes – Dr Tomás Camacho
— A member’s ramblings from abroad – Carel Sartory
2011 Exhibition
Gossips, Lectures and Workshops: Record of exhibits
Reports of other meetings
Future meetings

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Cover of September 2011 BulletinSeptember 2011 – No. 60

Editorial
Note from the President
From the Curator-Collections Officer
From our members
— Lantern slides of rotifers returned to the Quekett – Mary Morris
— eBay diaries – Tiskadill
— William MacGillivray – A most interesting person – Pam Hamer
— Forget-me-nots, spirals and the golden ratio – Maurice Moss
— The Köhler Medal of the State Microscopical Society of Illinois – Brian Davidson
— An exhibition of Challenger slides – Brian Darnton
— Some experiments with mixed incident and transmitted illumination – Dr David Linstead
— The use of circularly polarising filters in photography – Don Thomson
Gossip Meetings/Lectures: Record of exhibits
Reports of other meetings
Future meetings

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Cover of March 2011 BulletinMarch 2011 – No. 59

Editorial
Note from the President
Secretary’s notes
From the Curator-Collections Officer
From the Webmaster
Quekex 2011
From our members
— eBay diaries – Tiskadill
— Plane polarized image of an agate section – Carel Sartory
— Dirt, dust and micrometeorites – Owen Facey
— A historically important copy of The Microscope – James Wearn
— Quekett and Pritchard – Brian Bracegirdle
— Lens cleaning – Don Thomson
— A Leitz SM-Lux mechanical stage repair – Peter Wheedon
— A member’s ramblings from abroad – Carel Sartory
— More news from abroad – Klaus-Peter John
— An attempt to count the potential number of Foraminifera tests in a 15cm cube of chalk from Ballard Down, Swanage based on the characteristics of a single test selected by observation – Brian Darnton
— A poem dedicated to J. T. Norman from The Londoniad – Tony Dutton
— Thoughts on the use of a digital microscope – Raymond Lintern & Pam Hamer
— A special slide – Colin Kirk
— The Golden Birdwing Butterfly – Maurice Moss
Gossip Meetings/Lectures – Record of exhibits
Reports of other meetings
Future meetings

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