Dear Listers: How common is for Plexiglas devices (e.g. LaMotte Water Sampler Model JT-1 Code 1077) to break upon impact with a hard substrate?
Background: This morning, an undergraduate researcher and I were taking water samples. While in six of our sites, the run is shallow enough to take the samples directly, manually, and effortlessly,a seventh site is 15-20 feet underground. Hence we tried to use a LaMotte Water Sampler Model JT-1 Code 1077. However, upon its slow release (= it was not a free fall), it broke when it hit hard substrate. Although I have an idea to solve the problem, I would like to know what are colleagues doing to solve these type of problems. In the specific case of the LaMotte Water Sampler Model JT-1 Code 1077, perhaps your solution is better than what I have in mind. If you wish to reply, please send an email directly to me to this email address: [email protected] Apologies for potential duplicate emails. Gratefully, Jorge Jorge A. Santiago-Blay, PhD blaypublishers.com http://blayjorge.wordpress.com/ http://paleobiology.si.edu/staff/individuals/santiagoblay.html
