Newton's blob
I was searching E bay for some interesting items when I came across this Newton's rings apparatus from Philip Harris. It's exactly the same as the one that we had when I was at school, coming over all nostalgic I decided to put in a bid and won it. I don't have a travelling microscope (although there is one for sale on Ebay for £100) but was wondering if I could do a digital version with my camera (phone). I set it up in the lab and although I could see the rings with my naked eye my attempts to take a photo failed. I was hoping to analyse the photo with loggerpro which would be quite neat. The biology department have a video attachment for a microscope so might try with that. At least it can't be worse than my attempt which is more like Newton's blob than his rings.
The problem seemed to be too much light in the area of the rings but I'm no photographer so it could be something else. If all else fails its a nice ornament and looks great on my bookshelf.