Taxacom: proper name for type of glass dish

Sun Nov 16 12:32:02 CST 2025

Yep, seems to work well for this item. Lots of synonyms. Cheers, John

On Sun, Nov 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM John Noyes via Taxacom <taxacom at lists.ku.edu>
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> Hi John
>
> "Glass cavity block" in English. I use them all the time.
>
> John
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> To: Michael Heads <m.j.heads at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: Taxacom: proper name for type of glass dish
>
> 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
> > >
> > > ** Caution: EXTERNAL Sender **
> > >
> > > 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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