Taxacom: proper name for type of glass dish

Fri Nov 14 21:24:51 CST 2025

Hi John,
I would like to know that, too. You mean what we call "Blockschälchen" in German. https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conatex.com%2Fbiologie-lehrmittel%2Fmikroskopie-praeparation%2Fpraeparation-faerbung-und-mikroskopierbestecke%2Fblockschaelchen-klar-mit-vertiefung-deckplatte-40-x-40-mm.html&data=05%7C02%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C4c03d28b2cc740a3c5ac08de23f68ada%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638987739135135104%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=XJyV3s70lBtioJBmEjmT4gNFIgoPuXGeY0Mxcbd95%2Bk%3D&reserved=0 I have never seen them for sale in the US, but they are very common at German universities. Every biology student used them, at least in my time. I never found out how they are called here in the US. Partridge (1927: 52) gives as English equivalent "glass block with polished cavity". https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fia601500.us.archive.org%2F6%2Fitems%2Fin.ernet.dli.2015.502359%2F2015.502359.Dictionary-Of_text.pdf&data=05%7C02%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C4c03d28b2cc740a3c5ac08de23f68ada%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638987739135161083%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zuBcOn798k0NcEGS30MPClkC9hPiQankoC4VEODzRBM%3D&reserved=0
This is certainly not a trade name. Not sure if we are any further hundred years on. I bought mine in Germany a few years ago after years of unsuccessful search in the US. But if you don't know the name the locals call it, it is difficult to find. Anybody knows the English name? These Blockschälchen are great tools.
Frank
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Subject: Taxacom: proper name for type of glass dish

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For examining bug dissections in fluid I have a small 4cm square, 1 cm
high, glass block, with a round concave inner surface. Its been more than a
decade outside professional environments and I have forgotten the proper
name for this dish so I can see about procuring more. I would be grateful
for any reminder on the name.

Many thanks,

John Grehan

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