Horatio Read's Insulator Patent Page, Closeup of Description and Text. May 29, 1871.
By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted April 1, 2023
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It seems like these thimbles were possibly used so that threaded insulators could be used on threadless pins as an adaptor?