<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>Dear all,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>In my museum we normally use formalin and ethanol for preservation. We haven't yet opt for other chemicals than these.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Regards</span></div><div> </div><div style="color:rgb(0, 191, 96);"><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="1"><i><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="yui_3_2_0_2_133604517910470" style="font-family:'Trebuchet
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255, 255);"><font style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="1"><i><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="yui_3_2_0_2_1336045179104118" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><font style="background-color:rgb(253, 238, 224);"><b>Mobile</b></font></span><span class="yui_3_2_0_2_1336045179104122" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><font style="background-color:rgb(253, 238, 224);"><b>:</b> +255 754 392 462; </font></span></font></i></font><font style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);" size="1"><i><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="yui_3_2_0_2_1336045179104130" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><b>E-mail:</b> </span><span class="yui_3_2_0_2_1336045179104132" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:adesallema@hotmail.com"><span>adesallema@hotmail.com</span></a></span></font></i></font></div></div></div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16,
255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "nhcoll-l-request@mailman.yale.edu" <nhcoll-l-request@mailman.yale.edu><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, 22 October 2012, 19:02<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Nhcoll-l Digest, Vol 6, Issue 45<br> </font> </div> <br>Send Nhcoll-l mailing list submissions to<br> <a ymailto="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web,
visit<br> <a href="http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l" target="_blank">http://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l</a><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> <a ymailto="mailto:nhcoll-l-request@mailman.yale.edu" href="mailto:nhcoll-l-request@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-request@mailman.yale.edu</a><br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> <a ymailto="mailto:nhcoll-l-owner@mailman.yale.edu" href="mailto:nhcoll-l-owner@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-owner@mailman.yale.edu</a><br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of Nhcoll-l digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Wet collection best practices - historical fluids<br> (Bentley, Andrew Charles)<br> 2. Re: Wet collection best practices - historical fluids<br> (Dietrich,
Elizabeth)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:02:29 +0000<br>From: "Bentley, Andrew Charles" <<a ymailto="mailto:abentley@ku.edu" href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu">abentley@ku.edu</a>><br>Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Wet collection best practices - historical fluids<br>To: "<a ymailto="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>" <<a ymailto="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a ymailto="mailto:A78A1D764F0CAA4C8E45DD449F29FC6ADF190A@EXCH10-MBX-01.home.ku.edu" href="mailto:A78A1D764F0CAA4C8E45DD449F29FC6ADF190A@EXCH10-MBX-01.home.ku.edu">A78A1D764F0CAA4C8E45DD449F29FC6ADF190A@EXCH10-MBX-01.home.ku.edu</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>Hi all<br><br>As part of a
wet collections best practices initiative led by the conservation department at the Natural History Museum in London and a workshop held at the NHM this past week we are trying to obtain an authoritative list of historical fluids used for fixation and preservation in wet collections from all disciplines. Besides the obvious fluids used nowadays (formalin, ethanol, isopropanol, glycerin, propylene glycol etc.) if you are aware of a historical fluid used in your collection, I would appreciate a list from you to add to our existing list. If you are aware of the formulation or chemical makeup of the solution that would be handy too along with the usual concentration that is used.<br><br>This information will be used to augment a wet collection best practices document that will be circulated to all through SPNHC and other routes upon completion.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Andy<br><br> A :
A : A :<br> }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?><br> V V V<br> Andy Bentley<br> Ichthyology Collection Manager<br> University of Kansas<br>Biodiversity Institute<br> Dyche Hall<br> 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard<br> Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561<br> USA<br><br>Tel: (785) 864-3863<br>Fax: (785) 864-5335<br> Email: <a ymailto="mailto:abentley@ku.edu" href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu">abentley@ku.edu</a><mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:abentley@ku.edu" href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu">abentley@ku.edu</a>><br><a href="http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu/" target="_blank">http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu</a><<a href="http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu/" target="_blank">http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu/</a>><br><br>SPNHC President-Elect<br><a
href="http://www.spnhc.org/" target="_blank">http://www.spnhc.org</a><br><br> : :<br> A : A : A :<br> }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?><br> V V V<br><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <a href="http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/nhcoll-l/attachments/20121022/6f6afca1/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank">http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/nhcoll-l/attachments/20121022/6f6afca1/attachment-0001.html</a> <br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:15:36
-0400<br>From: "Dietrich, Elizabeth" <<a ymailto="mailto:DIETRICH@si.edu" href="mailto:DIETRICH@si.edu">DIETRICH@si.edu</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Wet collection best practices - historical<br> fluids<br>To: "'Bentley, Andrew Charles'" <<a ymailto="mailto:abentley@ku.edu" href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu">abentley@ku.edu</a>>,<br> "<a ymailto="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>" <<a ymailto="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>><br>Message-ID:<br> <<a ymailto="mailto:90C44A9B052D1340A21CB077404B094A0A1335C59B@SI-MSEV04.US.SINET.SI.EDU" href="mailto:90C44A9B052D1340A21CB077404B094A0A1335C59B@SI-MSEV04.US.SINET.SI.EDU">90C44A9B052D1340A21CB077404B094A0A1335C59B@SI-MSEV04.US.SINET.SI.EDU</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>We once received a collection in Xylene. Also botany uses a mix whose formula I don't remember (alcohol and formalin) for their wet collections.<br><br>From: <a ymailto="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a> [mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>] On Behalf Of Bentley, Andrew Charles<br>Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 11:02 AM<br>To: <a ymailto="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Wet collection best practices - historical fluids<br><br>Hi all<br><br>As part of a wet collections best practices initiative led by the conservation department at the Natural History Museum in London and a workshop held at the NHM this past week we are trying
to obtain an authoritative list of historical fluids used for fixation and preservation in wet collections from all disciplines. Besides the obvious fluids used nowadays (formalin, ethanol, isopropanol, glycerin, propylene glycol etc.) if you are aware of a historical fluid used in your collection, I would appreciate a list from you to add to our existing list. If you are aware of the formulation or chemical makeup of the solution that would be handy too along with the usual concentration that is used.<br><br>This information will be used to augment a wet collection best practices document that will be circulated to all through SPNHC and other routes upon completion.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Andy<br><br> A : A : A :<br> }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?><br> V
V V<br> Andy Bentley<br> Ichthyology Collection Manager<br> University of Kansas<br>Biodiversity Institute<br> Dyche Hall<br> 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard<br> Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561<br> USA<br><br>Tel: (785) 864-3863<br>Fax: (785) 864-5335<br> Email: <a ymailto="mailto:abentley@ku.edu" href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu">abentley@ku.edu</a><mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:abentley@ku.edu" href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu">abentley@ku.edu</a>><br><a href="http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu/" target="_blank">http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu</a><<a href="http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu/" target="_blank">http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu/</a>><br><br>SPNHC President-Elect<br><a href="http://www.spnhc.org/" target="_blank">http://www.spnhc.org</a><br><br> :
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