Taxacom: proper name for type of glass dish

Sat Nov 15 03:03:23 CST 2025

googleimage 'cavity dish'. This is what we called them back in the day and
what the lab suppliers call them now.

On Sat, Nov 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM Michael Wilson <wilsomichael at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>> > Colorado State University
>> > Department of Agricultural Biology
>> > 1177H Campus Delivery
>> > Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
>> > frank.krell at colostate.edu<mailto:frank.krell at colostate.edu>
>> > Phone 720.308.0241
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>> > From: Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at lists.ku.edu> on behalf of John Grehan
>> via
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>> > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2025 7:50 PM
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>> > Subject: Taxacom: proper name for type of glass dish
>> >
>> > ** Caution: EXTERNAL Sender **
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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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>> *Biogeography and evolution in New Zealand. *Taylor and Francis/CRC, Boca
>> Raton FL. 2017.
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>> *Biogeography of Australasia:  A molecular analysis*. Cambridge University
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>>
>>
>> *Molecular panbiogeography of the tropics. *University of California
>> Press,
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>> *Panbiogeography: Tracking the history of life*. Oxford University Press,
>> New York. 1999. (With R. Craw and J. Grehan).
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My books:

*Biogeography and evolution in New Zealand. *Taylor and Francis/CRC, Boca
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*Biogeography of Australasia:  A molecular analysis*. Cambridge University
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*Molecular panbiogeography of the tropics. *University of California Press,
Berkeley. 2012. https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ucpress.edu%2Fbook.php%3Fisbn%3D9780520271968&data=05%7C02%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C81f8156267cc49b42e1a08de2425dee3%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638987942253512571%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=yJz7kqhWKY%2Bl3DHCzBASAG28jt%2FtKe2fZkUjEfO8oJ4%3D&reserved=0

*Panbiogeography: Tracking the history of life*. Oxford University Press,
New York. 1999. (With R. Craw and J. Grehan).
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