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From the mid-1800s to the late 1950s, conservation by alum salts (aluminum potassium sulfate dodecahydrate)—with some variations—was a routine method for treating highly deteriorated waterlogged archaeological wood in many countries, especially in ...
Susan Braovac +5 more
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Faunistic spider collections in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin: The collection of Erich Hesse [PDF]
The ‘Hesse collection’ of spiders (Araneae) and harvestmen (Opiliones) in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is documented. Biographical notes on Erich Hesse – a former arachnid curator at the museum (1921–1940) – are provided.
Dunlop, Jason A. +2 more
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From the mid-1800s to the late 1960s, conservation by alum salts (KAl(SO4)2·12H2O—potassium aluminium sulphate), using various recipes, was a common method to prevent shrinkage and to strengthen waterlogged archaeological wooden objects.
Jeannette Jacqueline Łucejko +5 more
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A List of the Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) in the Michigan State University Entomology Museum [PDF]
Excerpt: A fairly extensive collection of Epl~emeroptera representing 35 genera, 1 12 determined species and subspecies is preserved in alcohol in the Entomology Museum at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48823.
Koss, Richard W
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Alum-treated wooden artefacts suffer from extreme deterioration, and the stability of these objects and the salts they contain to variations in climate conditions is an important issue.
Caitlin M. A. McQueen +3 more
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We surveyed mitochondrial, autosomal, and Z chromosome diversity within and between the Copperback Quail‐thrush Cinclosoma clarum and Chestnut Quail‐thrush C.
Kerensa McElroy +7 more
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Museum specimens collected prior to cryogenic tissue storage are increasingly being used as genetic resources, and though high‐throughput sequencing is becoming more cost‐efficient, whole genome sequencing (WGS) of historical DNA (hDNA) remains ...
Amie E. Settlecowski +2 more
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New findings and a new species of the genus Ammothea (Pycnogonida, Ammotheidae), with an updated identification key to all Antarctic and sub-Antarctic species [PDF]
Specimens of the pycnogonid genus Ammothea collected during the Polarstern cruise XXIII/8 (23 November 2006–30 January 2007) were studied. Nine species were recognized in this collection: Ammothea bentartica, A. bicorniculata, A.
Cano Sánchez, Esperanza +1 more
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A Key and Annotated List of the Scutelleroidea of Michigan (Hemiptera) [PDF]
Excerpt: Although Hussey (1922) compiled a list of the Hemiptera of Berrien County, and Stoner (1922) contributed a list of the Scutelleroidea of the Douglas Lake region, no publications have dealt with Michigan Scutelleroidea on a state-wide basis ...
McPherson, J.E.
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Ammonium alum in alum-treated wooden artefacts: discovery, origins and consequences
Alum-treatment was extensively applied to archaeological wood from the Oseberg collection in the early 1900s, and was a common conservation method at the time involving impregnating objects with hot concentrated solutions of potassium alum (KAl(SO4)2 ...
Caitlin M. A. McQueen +4 more
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