Taxacom: proper name for type of glass dish

Sat Nov 15 02:52:06 CST 2025

solid watch glass?

Mike Wilson

On Sat, Nov 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM Michael Heads via Taxacom <
taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

> "cavity dish"
>
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM Krell,Frank via Taxacom <
> taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:
>
> > Hi John,
> > I would like to know that, too. You mean what we call "Blockschälchen" in
> > German.
> >
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> > 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".
> >
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> > 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
> > Dr. Frank-Thorsten Krell
> > Faculty Affiliate/Museum Associate
> > C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity
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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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