Bibliography of Brian J Ford

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Single Lens - story of the simple microscope

Index to book reviews and features:

• Van Kasteren, Hoost, NRC Handelsblad, 7 March 1985.
• Spencer, Lloyd, New Scientist; 38, 7 March 1985.
• Tom Simms International News Agency, March 1985.
• Bradbury, Savile, Times Higher Education Supplement, 7 March 1985.
• Schuuring, Casper, Intermediair, 21, (14): 45, 55, with photograph, 5 April 1985.
• Report, Eindhovens Dagblad: 11, with illustrations, 12 April 1985.
• Schuuring, Caspar, Brabants Dagblad: 25, [with pictures], 13 April 1985.
• Evennett, Peter, Nature: 695-696, 25 April 1985.
• Baily, Ronald, Washington Times Magazine, USA, 29 April 1985.
• Anon, The Irish Times, 4 May 1985.
• Science News USA (127): 322, 24 May 1985.
• Lacey, A. J., Proceedings, Royal Microscopical Society, 20, (4): 181-2, July 1985.
• Morrison, Phillip, Scientific American, 253, (1): 27-29, July 1985.
• Review, ArtScene , Ridgewood Times, USA, 12, 11July 1985.
• Barker, John, Journal of Biological Education, 19, (2): 175, August 1985.
• Robinson, N. H., Additions to Royal Society Library: 23-26 1985.
• McCrone, Walter, The Microscope: 33, (4): 303-305, 1985.
• Cooke, Peter, Analytical Chemistry, 58: 1926 (-37) 1985.
• Gregory, Richard, Inter-Disciplinary Science Reviews, 11 (3): 318-319 1985.
• S[hirley] A. R[oe], Journal for the History of Biology, 19 (2): 320-321 1985.
• Anon, Microscopy, 35: 483, July-December 1985.
• Russell, N., Biology History, 2 (2): 14-17 1985.
• Neu, J., Isis, 77: 5 1985.
• Brown, Olivia, 1986, [cites Brian J. Ford's Single Lens in] Catalogue 7 - Microscopes, Cambridge University: Whipple Museum.
• Nuttall, R. N., 1987, [cites Brian J Ford's Single Lens in] Development of the Microscope 1800-1851, Microscopy 35: 591-604, December.
• Announcement, 1989, Brian J Ford to speak on The Single Lens Microscope, [in]
• Landmark Discoveries in the Natural World, April 1990,
• Society for History of Natural History, November.
• BJF, 1990, The Single Lens Microscope, [in] Landmark Discoveries in the Natural World, Natural History Museum, 27 April.
• Phinney, Harry, 1990, [discussed Single Lens in] Revisionist History of Microscopical Sciences, Journal of Microscopy, 159 (2): 125-132, August.
• Tortora, G. J. et al, 1992, [cite BJF's Single Lens - Story of the Simple Microscope in]
• Microbiology, 4th edn., California: Benjamin/Cummings.
• Illman, John, 1992, [quotes BJF, Revelation and the Single Lens, 1982, British Medical Journal, 285: 1822-1824, December; reprinted as pp 1-7] The Mad Hatter and Arctic Willy, Health: 17, The Guardian, 29 December.
• Gest, H., 1993, Microbes, Fleas and the great Chain of Being, refers to BJF in Nature, (1981) 294: 407, and Single Lens (1985), Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 36 (2): 184-193.
• Sander, K, 1994, An American in Paris and the Origins of the Stereomicroscope, Roux's Archives of Developmental Biology, 203 (5): 235-242, "According to the expert opinion of Brian Ford, these [microscopes] owe their invention directly to Henry Baker's need for a better view of his 'polypes'." [cites Single Lens, q.v.].
• Anon, 1994, BJF's Single Lens [in] Science and Medicine Catalogue, Chaucer Head (antique book-sellers), September.

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