From: dlzc1@cox.net   
      
   Dear Peter Fairbrother:   
      
   On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 10:24:26 AM UTC-7, Peter Fairbrother wrote:   
   ...   
   > But I would usually want to stir almost everything   
   > with a magnetic stirrer anyway, and they don't work   
   > so well in RB flasks.   
      
   ... and would be less necessary anyway, and less liable to have point boiling,   
   due to the ability of the fluid to more easily convect away from the heating   
   surfaces.   
      
   You asked "why else", and you've got my 2 cents worth.   
      
   David A. Smith   
      
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