[Nhcoll-l] Suppliers of wide-mouth 1000 ml screw-top glass storage jars that take plastic caps and inserts?
H.J. Walker
hjwalker at ucsd.edu
Mon Apr 8 17:38:01 EDT 2013
Andy, what are your talking about?! A liter is 33.81 ounces! Go back
and study the metric system; you've been in the U.S. too long.
Cheers,
H.J.
On 4/6/13 8:28 PM, Bentley, Andrew Charles wrote:
> Tsk!! Tsk!! HJ, 32 oz is to a liter! 64 oz is a liter... :)
>
> Andy
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> Andrew Bentley
> Ichthyology Collection Manager
> Specify Usability Lead
> Biodiversity Institute
> University of Kansas
> Dyche Hall
> 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
> Lawrence, KS 66045
>
> (785) 864-3863
>
>
> On Apr 6, 2013, at 3:34 PM, "H.J. Walker" <hjwalker at ucsd.edu
> <mailto:hjwalker at ucsd.edu>> wrote:
>
>> If you are considering a U.S. supplier, you might contact Wm. R. Hill
>> Co., Inc. (http://wmrhill.com/), which supplies the Smithsonian. The
>> standard jar that many collections use, close to the 1,000 ml size
>> you need, is 32 oz with an 89-mm mouth.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> H.J.
>>
>> On 4/5/13 8:04 AM, Bentley, Andrew Charles wrote:
>>>
>>> Simon
>>>
>>> Here at KU we get all of our glass jars from Kols Containers:
>>>
>>> Kols Containers
>>>
>>> 1408 DeSoto Road
>>>
>>> Baltimore, MD 21230
>>>
>>> Tel: 410-646-2300
>>>
>>> Our contact there is Judy Bounds jbounds at kolscontainers.com
>>> <mailto:jbounds at kolscontainers.com>.
>>>
>>> They produce a 64 oz jar (about 1000ml) that is just a half size
>>> version of the gallon jar and has the same opening size (110mm).
>>> The last time I priced these they were 6 for $7.02 and the lids were
>>> 53c each. They also produce a taller, thinner version with an 83mm
>>> opening. Judy Bounds may be able to provide more information about
>>> up to date pricing and international availability or shipping.
>>>
>>> Hope that helps
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
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>>> V V V
>>> 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 <mailto:abentley at ku.edu>
>>>
>>> http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu
>>> <http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu/>
>>>
>>> SPNHC President-Elect
>>>
>>> http://www.spnhc.org
>>>
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>>> *From:*nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu
>>> [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] *On Behalf Of *Grove,
>>> Simon (DEDTA)
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 03, 2013 4:36 PM
>>> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
>>> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Suppliers of wide-mouth 1000 ml screw-top
>>> glass storage jars that take plastic caps and inserts?
>>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I suspect that this question has already been asked many times on
>>> this forum, but if so, it should make the answering that much easier…
>>>
>>> We’ve long struggled, in vain, to find a supplier of glass storage
>>> jars that fill the gap in the family of jar-sizes that we use for
>>> our wet collections. We can readily source suitable 500 ml and 2000
>>> ml jars, but no intermediate size. Ideally, we’re looking for a jar
>>> that has the same wide mouth (95 mm) and hence ‘footprint’ as our
>>> standard 2000 ml jar, but is only half the height; this would ensure
>>> that the plastic lids and polypropylene inserts are interchangeable
>>> with the 2000 ml jars. Currently we waste a lot of space,
>>> preservatives and money having to store samples in 2000 ml jars
>>> simply because the narrowest dimensions of the material are a little
>>> wider than the 63 mm mouth of the 500 ml jars.
>>>
>>> Is anyone aware of a supplier of such jars? Preferably in
>>> Australia, but we’re prepared to look world-wide.
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>> Dr Simon Grove
>>>
>>> Senior Curator, Invertebrate Zoology
>>>
>>> Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery
>>>
>>> GPO Box 1164, Hobart 7001 / 5 Winkleigh Place , Rosny 7018
>>>
>>> Tasmania
>>>
>>> Australia
>>>
>>> Phone 61 3 6211 4124
>>>
>>> Personal mobile (not paid by TMAG) 0498 318710
>>>
>>> http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/visitor_information/about_us/locations/collections_and_research_facility_rosny
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>> --
>> H.J. Walker, Jr.
>> Scripps Institution of Oceanography
>> University of California, San Diego 0208
>> La Jolla, CA 92093-0208
>> USA
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H.J. Walker, Jr.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego 0208
La Jolla, CA 92093-0208
USA
hjwalker at ucsd.edu
phone:858-534-2199 fax:858-534-5306
Campus street address for FedEx, UPS, DHL:
8675 Discovery Way, 224 / 231 Vaughan Hall
La Jolla, CA 92037
SIO Marine Vertebrate Collection web site:
http://collections.ucsd.edu/mv/
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