Added: Nov 20, 2008
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The James M. DuPont Meteorite Collection - the selection of diatoms have been developed, the most widely used probably being that designed by Meakin (1939). These could no doubt also be used for transferring diatoms to electron microscope grids. Stiffer bristles than those used for freehand mounting are, however, normally used in mechanical fingers and these would be more likely to tear the formvar films on the grids. When a mechanical finger is used to mount diatoms for the electron microscope it will probably be advantageous to replace its normal bristle by a more flexible one. Ross: Classification of Diatoms 401 It has already been pointed out that stereomicrographs are much more informative than single ones. The techniques for obtaining these and mount- ing them for examination
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