NEW MICROSCOPE DEVELOPED

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27663, 20 May 1955, Page 12

NEW MICROSCOPE DEVELOPED

Canterbury Graduate’s Research SPECIMENS VIEWED ON TELEVISION SCREEN The development of a "flying-spot microscope by which specimen slides can be, magnified for viewing on a 17inch television screen was the subject of a thesis on which Mr K. E. Tait was awarded a bachelor’s degree with honours in electrical engineering at Canterbury University College. He also holds the bachelor of science degree, and undertook the project last year as a National Electrical Engineering Compnay research scholar a m T 4 ait ’ son of Mr and Mrs J. A. Tait, of Greymouth, left recently witl? y ?^ y Qt O t 2 ke^U^n a i n a PP° in tment with the Standard Telephone and cable Company. The theory of the flying-spot microscope was presented in a paper to the abniV Of E!ectrical P z b -y> e ™ S S?°„ by Professor J. Z. Young and Mr F. Roberts, of Lonnn2^Y n v Versity - Development was undertaken as a research project in the School of Engineering at Canterwe7 u a M d 4 si - gn improvements were made by Mr Tait. This is the first unit of its kind made in New Zealand, and it has been demonstrated m the analysis of microscopic slides, such as blood testing, mtd m classroom instruction. Mr J K. Bargh, a candidate for the new master of engineering degree this yearnar« I „ I ] VeStlga . t - lng the addition of particle-counting mechanism.