Since the start of biological studies using the transmission electron microscope scientists have sought to develop procedures for the preparation and investigation of the thinly spread specimens of biological particulate.Negative Staining and Cryoelectron Microscopy presents the possibilities and limitations of both negative staining and cryoelectron microscopy. A comparative assessment of the techniques is given with the inclusion of many biological applications. This book will be of interest to a broad range of biological electron microscopists, from researchers to technicians, and also to...

First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This collection of essays is devoted to the industrial history of England and France in the 18th century and concentrates in particular on transfers of technology between them. There are specific studies of technical transfer in the steel, glass and hardware industries, and on the place of the skills of the workmen in the diffusion of technology. Industrial espionage, too, early had its place, and one essay investigates why it was resorted to and how it was carried out. In the new introductory chapter, John Harris surveys the rise of a new range of technologies in England, based on dramatic...