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At 11:25 AM 9/15/95, San Diego Natural History Museum Library wrote:
>For our guys in the back who are pickin' and grinnin', I am posting this
>request. They are in need of the following supplies and are seeking
>sources and suppliers for quotes.
>*9-inch brass screens, several mesh sizes
>*Picking trays
>*Cardboard window slides and metal holders
>Our new procedures require that we develop multiple sources of suppliers
>and show bids every time we purchase, so any/all help is welcome. Please
>reply to me off-list to keep everyone else from getting peevish. ;-) Thanks.
Sally -
A catalog I've found extremely useful for some lab and gobs of
field equipment is the FSI (Forestry Suppliers, Inc.) catalog. You can
have one sent to you by calling 1-800-360-7788 (ask for the 1995 Education
Catalog). They carry some screens, but the ones they provide measurements
for are 2" x 8", not 9", as you want. Just in case, though: their brass
screens range in meshes from #10 to #325, and range in price from $39.95
(#10) to $88.95 (#325). Cheaper but probably less durable are a set of 6
screens measuring 6.75" x 3" in which the container is plastic but the
screens are brass. The screens range from #6 to #230, plus a bottom
container and a lid. Price on this set is listed as $69 for the whole
thing. Finally, and I wonder how useful these might be in the field, are a
set of very small screens with interchangeable bottom meshes (from #20 to
#200) that come with a belt carrying case. The things appear to be brass.
The tray is $65.25 and each screen is $56.75.
I don't think they carry the picking trays or microscope slides,
though -- at least, I can't find them in the index to the catalog. I hope
this helps a little.
Jerry D. Harris
Shuler Museum of Paleontology
Southern Methodist University
Box 750395
Dallas TX 75275-0395
(214) 768-2750
FAX: (214) 768-2701
jdharris@lust.isem.smu.edu
(Compuserve: 73132,3372)
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