The choice of cabinet and style of drawers will be limited, of course, 

 by the collector's pocket book. The accompanying designs (Fig. 1) are the 

 result of many years of observing private and institutional cabinets, and 

 they are offered here as an ideal towards which you can strive. 



If the cabinet is made in a roughly oblong shape and is about table- 

 height, additional cabinets may some day be set alongside for desk space 

 or set on top of each other without causing the top drawers to be too high 

 to reach. Pine, basswood or any of the whitewoods may be used. It has 

 been reported that certain oaks have a detrimental effect on shells which 

 have been stored away for years. It is best to have a cabinet door which 

 swings open all the way (180 degrees), although so hinged that the drawers 

 may still be pulled out when it is open only 90 degrees. Some students 

 prefer the type of door which lifts off. 



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The ideal cabinet has the following dimensions: outside measurements, 

 height 40 (or 80), width 22, depth 32 inches. Runners for drawers, 30 

 inches long. If wooden, 1/2 x Y^ inch and set 2|4 inches apart. If galvanized 

 sheet iron, 2V2 inches wide and bent along the midline to form an L. 

 Inside measurements, wooden drawers 20 x 30 x 1% inches. No runners or 

 handles are necessary on the drawers. 



All cardboard trays to hold specimens should be 3/^ inch in depth, and 

 all their other outside dimensions should be multiples of the smallest type 

 of tray. This unit may be IV2 ^2 inches, the next largest 3x2, then 3x4, 

 then 41/2 X 6, and the largest of all 8x9 inches. It is inadvisable to have 



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