Re: [compost_tea]

From: T Dodge <tdodge_at_spiritone.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 08:41:56 -0800
Hi Titel

Well yes it is a mistake. It was a cut & paste from a old post of Doc.
I. So am the responsible party for not correcting too the 1.25.

Terence
On Nov 20, 2004, at 1:19 PM, Titel Ryzhomer wrote:

>
>
> Hi
>
> I just wanted to interject that an NA 1.25 Abbe Condenser with iris
> diaphragm is what you should need and is easily found. I have not
> seen a 2.5 Abbe Condenser on the market and Terence may have written
> this accidentally.
>
> Cheers,
> Titel
>
> --- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, T Dodge <tdodge@s...> wrote:
>> Mr. Crozat
>> Please consider the microscope method for a basic analysis. If you
>> cannot afford SFI manual (very valuable investment) and or a scope
> of
>> your own, I would suggest  that a local secondary school (science
> for
>> 14 to 18 year olds in USA) science class "might" have the basic
> scope
>> that perhaps could be used for looking, France is full of
> gardeners,
>> some of them may be school teachers so try a connection there.
>> The manual is very well illustrated and that is its purpose to
>> illustrate what you should and should "NOT" find in AACT. The
> scope
>> should meet the following requirements:
>>
>> "You need a microscope with 4X, 10X, and 40X objective lenses
> (that 40X
>> lens is critical), 10X eyepieces (not 15X eyepieces, please.  You
> may
>> think more magnification is better, but it is empty magnification,
>> because it doesn't give the resolution you need.  Confused by that
>> statement?  Come to the class, ok?  Seeing is understanding in
> this
>> case).
>>
>> You need a microscope with a N.A. 2.5 (or greater) ABBE condenser,
> with
>> an iris diaphragm.  ABBE condensers should come with the iris
>> diaphragm.
>>
>>
>>
>> Terence
>>
>> On Nov 18, 2004, at 1:51 AM, Pierre-Charles Crozat wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> We started making ACT w. a machine that we designed. Since it is
>>> winter here
>>> in france we can not test our ACT in "real life". We have the
> manual
>>> from
>>> soil food web so we can juge the ACT according to colour,
> smell... but
>>> that
>>> is not enough for us. We need to have better indicators.
>>> Does it mean that we have to have it analyzed by a lab? If so we
> are
>>> stuck
>>> because there doesn't seem to be a lab able to do the testing
> that D
>>> Ingham
>>> says is necessary here in France.
>>> Are there any other ways to assess the quality of our ACT
> knowing that
>>> we
>>> are fairly confident about our technology? Our compost is a
>>> vermicompost
>>> that comes from a reputable producer who has given us the
> products
>>> analysis
>>> so we feel quite confident about that as well.
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
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