American Microscopical Society

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:20.

Engineering
Life Sciences
Modern (18th-20th Century)
Professional Association

URL:

http://www.umesci.maine.edu/ams/history.htm

Excerpt:

The AMS grew out of the first National Microscopical Congress, convened in 1878 by medical and dental doctors and biologists interested in applying light microscopes in their work.