Scott
"Hoover, Jan J ERDC-EL-MS" wrote:
> Another possibility I did not mention are surplused or retired microscopes
> from local Universities. Some of these scopes (particularly those NOT used
> in Introductory Biology courses) are still very useable. One school that I
> know of has given old scopes away to individuals that expressed a legitimate
> interest and need for them (like teachers). A biology professor at my
> wife's alma mater restores and cleans up old microscopes and gives them away
> as a thank you gifts to people that make a donation to their departmental
> research fund.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Stallsmith
> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 9:42 PM
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: NANFA-- Used microscopes
>
> Jan Hoover was right about looking on e-bay if you're in the market for a
> used microscope. I did a search on "microscope" and there were over 2100
> hits, of which probably about 200 are really microscopes (and not
> peripherals). I will say, though, that probably half the sellers of scopes I
>
> checked out have at best a fuzzy idea of what they're selling. There was one
>
> approx. 50 year old Leitz Wetzlar scope for $175 that looked pretty good,
> though (my prejudice is to stick with German/Swiss optics...).
>
> --Bruce Stallsmith
> Huntsville, AL
>
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