The Club produces two regular publications - The Journal and The Bulletin: -
The Bulletin of the Quekett Microscopical Club is issued twice yearly to Club Members (it is not available to non-members) and contains articles and notes on various subjects, including short papers relating to the practical and constructional aspects of microscopy. Collecting and mounting techniques, original construction and design of apparatus and hints and tips are also included.
Each issue also contains reports and notes from recent Gossip meetings and details of future meetings.
Other Publications
The Club also lists a number of publications, some of which are available to non-members. Availability is shown after each item using the following codes:
SO - available to Members from the Sales Officer (see Member's area)
GM - available to Members at Gossip meetings (see Member's area)
SB - available from Savona Books (address below)
BM - Brunel Microscopes (link to website in Suppliers page)
TG - available
in the USA from The Gemmary (address below)
(1) Köhler Illumination
Compiled by Don Thomson and David Gompertz - £1.10
A four page (A5) booklet devoted to the subject of achieving Köhler Illumination.
SO, GM
(2) Understanding and using the Stereomicroscope New book
By Lewis Woolnough - now available - R.R.P. £7.50. Members' price £6 inc. postage (from the Club Sales Officer - or Gossip meetings)
2010. 90 pages (A5), liberally illustrated (with colour photographs and diagrams) and incorporating practical activities. Covers the theory and use of the Stereomicroscope. Also available from Savona Books.
SO, GM, SB, BM
New book - now available
(3) A history of photography with the light microscope by Brian Bracegirdle
Published by the Quekett Microscopical Club.
The author has specialised in microscopical history for over forty years, and already has to his credit publications in this field. He may be the first qualified historian of the microscope who is also qualified in photography and in microscope.
The book will be the first full treatment of this topic. It will contain over five hundred references to the extensive literature, and more than three hundred and fifty illustrations, in 232 pages.
A special feature is the illustrations from the author's 2005 catalogue of the microscopy collections of the Science Museum in London, from where he retired as chief curator.
Available at £24.50 from the sole sales agent - Savona Books (SB). Address details below
Members - contact the club Sales Officer for a discounted price.
(4) Microscopical Mounts and Mounters
by Brian Bracegirdle - £21.00 and $ equivalent
1998. 225 pages, including 60 full-page colour plates, giving details of slides and their makers
SB, TG
(5) Notes on Modern Microscope Manufacturers
by Brian Bracegirdle - £11.50
1996. xiii + 88 pages on companies, serial numbers, notes on catalogues, from 1860
SB
(6) Cumulative Index to the Quekett Journals of Microscopy 1868 - 1992
Complied by Michael J.Newstead - £18.00
1994. 243 pages of all the contents - an invaluable source for all interested in the history of microscopy.
SB
(7) Microscopical papers from the Quekett
Editor - Brian Bracegirdle - £8.00
1989. 227 pages giving 24 key reports on many topics.
SB
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