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	Unembossed Canadian CD 162.4 in royal purple with carbon bubbles in outer skirt, and also directly behind in inner skirt!		Kerr CD 155 with "irridized" coating which gives it a metallic sheen with a light rainbow effect, like an oil-slick. Not a production item, just foolin' around at the factory.
	Fused mass of McMicking CD 734 threadless insulators, with square nail.		Hemingray-42 solid pour from the factory dump
	Hemingray glass tank orifice, from the factory dump. Orifice diameter determined glass flow rate to automatic machinery.		This glass pin base takes a steel pin with wood cob and clamps together into a rigid assembly (four sharp points top and bottom dig into the wood). See Manhattan Electrical Supply catalog page.
	Post insulator, supports conduit in catacombs of a Montana Dam. 3 7/16" tall, 5" in diameter, 3½ pounds of solid aqua glass.		Large post insulator from the Edison collection; still has metal collection tag #17329. 3 7/8" tall, 6½" in diameter, 8¾ pounds of solid greenish smoky glass.
	This late-model 'B' (Brookfield) beehive suffered a mold misalignment: the dome is shoved off to one side. See more misalignments here.		This Hemingray signal's wire ridge collapsed like a frightened soufflé; no idea how it happened!