[Nhcoll-l] vendor for wide-mouth gallon jars?

Alexandra M Snyder amsnyder at unm.edu
Mon May 21 10:37:53 EDT 2012


For over 25 years, I have used Le Parfait French captive 
lid canning jars for preservation of fishes.  In the US 
there are several distributors of these jars.  The 
following link lists European distributors: 
  http://leparfait.com/list-of-outlets

Used with the white 55 Duro Buna-N rubber gaskets (US 
manufacturer) instead of the orange gaskets (provided with 
jars), these make excellent specimen jars. The orange 
gaskets will hold up for a year or so but must be replaced 
more frequently than the Buna-N rubber gaskets. (Any 
residue left on the jar lid or rim from the old orange 
gasket must be completely removed before replacing with a 
new gasket.)

The size range: 0.5 liter to 3.0 liter.  Our practice is 
to put any specimen that is too large for the 3 liter jar 
into the stainless steel tank system rather than trying to 
find jars to fit over-sized specimens.

Lex




On Mon, 21 May 2012 13:10:42 +0200
  Dirk Neumann <Dirk.Neumann at zsm.mwn.de> wrote:
> ... another one would be Stoezle Oberglas; compared to 
>the 
> glass-tube-melting option, prices of both suppliers are 
>considerably 
> higher for comparable large ground stopper glasses ....
> 
> 
> 
> Am 21.05.2012 12:03, schrieb Monaghan, Nigel:
>> Folks
>>
>> For those on the other side of the Atlantic there is a 
>>good (not cheap though) supplier in the UK in Dixon 
>>Glass. They also manufacture large containers from 
>>borosilicate glass.
>> http://www.dixonglass.co.uk/bespoke-glassware/
>>
>> Nigel
>>
>> Mr Nigel T. Monaghan,
>> Keeper,
>> Natural History Division,
>> National Museum of Ireland,
>> Merrion Street,
>> Dublin 2,
>> IRELAND
>>   
>> nmonaghan at museum.ie
>> www.museum.ie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu 
>>[mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of 
>>Dirk Neumann
>> Sent: 18 May 2012 07:44
>> To: Watters, Jessa L.
>> Cc: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
>> Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] vendor for wide-mouth gallon 
>>jars?
>>
>> Dear Jessa,
>>
>> maybe I am coming up with an old idea for replacing 
>>(commercially
>> produced) glass containers posted here already before, 
>>but perhaps still an alternative especially for large 
>>specimens (max. width: 300 mm, max.
>> [stable] hight: 1200 mm): it is possible to melt larger 
>>glass container from borosilicate glass tubes (see 
>>attached - glass holds two Australian lungfishes, 
>>dimensions of the glass are 250x1000 mm).
>>
>> These glass tubes are produced by Schott Duran - and as 
>>far as I know - available in the US.
>>
>> Smaller glasses are possible either - we order regularly 
>>130x300 mm&
>> 80x300 mm glasses from a local glassblower specialised 
>>on production of chemical instruments - these range about 
>>70-80 EUR including the grinded glass lids.
>>
>> For large rays we recently orderer glasses with 300x600 
>>mm.
>>
>> Problem surely is to find a glassblower who can handle 
>>this.
>>
>> Compared to commercially produced glasses much more 
>>expensive, but offers better glass quality (no weathering 
>>/ corrosion like in soda-lime
>> glass) and is  - compared to plastic drums - still the 
>>better option. I compared prices on the SPNHC meeting in 
>>Leiden with similar large glass containers from Dixon 
>>glass (UK). Our price was 1/3 of the Dixon price.
>> Even though Dixon offered large ground stopper glasses 
>>and "our" glasses are closed "only" with grounded glass 
>>planes, this option is very attractive&  competitive - 
>>regarding price&  dimensions of the glass.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Dirk
>>
>>
>> Am 16.05.2012 23:43, schrieb Bentley, Andrew Charles:
>>> Jessa
>>>
>>> Numerous people have tried and failed to get these back 
>>>into production.  As far as I can tell there is no one 
>>>out there who is still producing these and there is not 
>>>enough volume of need from the natural history community 
>>>to get them back into production.  I have contacted our 
>>>glass supplier (Kols Containers) and they have researched 
>>>this without any luck.  Only 110mm gallon jars available 
>>>now...
>>>
>>> Sorry
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
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>>>    Andy Bentley
>>>    Ichthyology Collection Manager
>>>    University of Kansas
>>>    Biodiversity Institute
>>>    Dyche Hall
>>>    1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
>>>    Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
>>>    USA
>>>
>>>    Tel: (785) 864-3863
>>>    Fax: (785) 864-5335
>>>    Email: abentley at ku.edu
>>>    http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu
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>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu 
>>>[mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of 
>>>Watters, Jessa L.
>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 4:17 PM
>>> To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
>>> Subject: [Nhcoll-l] vendor for wide-mouth gallon jars?
>>>
>>> Does anyone out there have a current vendor for 1 gallon 
>>>wide-mouth (120mm) glass jars?  It seems that everyone I 
>>>talked to hasn't purchased them for years and those 
>>>companies don't produce them anymore.  Any help is 
>>>appreciated!
>>> Jessa
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Jessa L. Watters
>>> Collection Manager
>>> Division of Herpetology
>>> Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History University 
>>>of Oklahoma
>>> 2401 Chautauqua Ave.
>>> Norman, OK  73072
>>> Phone: 405-325-7771
>>> Fax: 405-325-7699
>>> jwatters at ou.edu
>>>
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>>
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> -- 
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> Dirk Neumann
> 
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