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Recent Updates and Additions
 

1/7/10 (over several days) the Following Updates were made...

Added information and images to the "C. Poulton" page under "Individual Mounters"
Added new slides to the "Slide of Interest"; a series of Chemical Mounts for polarized light, maker currently unknown.
Added several images and a link to B. Darnton's fine Foraminifera site on "Marine" and "Links" page.
Added bits of new information and edited existing material on several of the "Slide Type" pages.
Added two interesting new sites to the "Links" page.

I'm making an effort to do more frequent updates, so check back often...

12/30/09 (over several days) the Following Updates were made...

New expanded layout for "Individual Mounters", which now brings up a separate window with a page for each of the listed mounters work. There will also be expanded pages for coverage of the various "Optical Shops" with images of their secondary labels. This allows a better organization of additional images for the Victorianmicroscopeslide website. New information and images for the various slide makers and shops will be added over the next several weeks.
Added information and images to the "W.H. Darker" and "A. Topping" pages under "Individual Mounters"
Added new information on the original "Slide of Interest", an unusual engraved diatom mount from Rev. W. Smith
Finally coming out from the shadows... added some information and an image to the "About" button.
Added bits of new information and edited existing material on several of the "Slide Type" pages.

Thank you for your continued interest...

05/20/09 (over several days) the Following Updates were made...

New "top of page" Graphics Collage Images have been added for the "Home", "History", "Insects", "Marine", and "Botanical" sections. These are the work of Sue Hughes, a wonderfully talented Freelance Artist from Pittsburgh, PA  USA, who offered to create these pieces especially for the Victorianmicroscopeslide website. 
Changed link to Brian Stevenson's newest papers on "Links". This now leads to a complete collection of his papers, readable online, or as a single downloadable .pdf file. It will continue to be updated with new material.
Added a new slide and images to "Slide of Interest"
Added a number of new images to the "Diatoms",  "A. Pritchard", "Unusual", "Insects", "Marine" and "Fossils" sections.
Working on the "About" page... to include a bit of information about me, and the microscope and camera equipment used for the images on the site... coming soon.

Thank you for your continued interest...

03/22/09 Finally!!  Completed the Following Updates...

Added information captions throughout the site to photomicrographic images that needed them
Added links to 3 most recent new papers by Brian Stevenson from his page under "Links" on main menu
Added new link and pages for 5 interesting papers by Barry Miller to "Links" on main menu
Activated new "button" and section "Accessories" with many new images, to the main menu 
Added new "button" and section "Slide of Interest" to main menu... please contribute to this one!
Added a number of new images to the "Pre-1840" section pages, and to "Insects", "Marine", "Crystals", and Minerals"
Added some new information about W. Rutt or "WR", an early collector, linked from items in "Unusual" and "Pre-1840"

Thanks for Checking Back!

01/25/09 Added several new images to "Unusual", and "Exhibition" areas. 

01/10/09 Added a number of new images and some excellent links for further information to the "Large Format" and "Pre-1840" areas. Added new items to "Links".
01/03/09  Added new "Links" page, with links to a number of wonderful resources and interesting information. Added new area named "Accessories" (although nothing there yet to see)