| | Terms and Abbreviations and Trades
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Due to many new collectors joining our hobby and the numerous letters
received each week asking explanations of the abbreviations and terms used in
the classified ad section, we feel we should again reprint from May 1970 and
December 1971 issues of Crown Jewels, with additions, the following information
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| | Oil Insulator Bird Feeder
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RESEARCH DIVISION
Dear Dora:
Recently I purchased this insulator or whatever it be. The only number is
B-17307, found inside at top of the glass, where the pin should rest, no
threads, no wire groove. I would like to know if this insulator has shown up any
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| | Trip to Holland
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| | by Roy Licari
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Here is a snapshot of some insulators, all porcelain, presented to me in
Holland while on a recent vacation.
Staying over in Amsterdam, I phoned the local energy company - electricity
and gas - and spoke in English to the No. 2 man. Asking where I was calling
from, and being told, he said he would pick me up in a few minutes.
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| | National Insulator Association - N.I.A. Newsnotes
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Don and I have received our first newsletter, "DRIP POINTS" (All
members should have theirs, also.), from the N. I. A. There is so much
information in it that I am sitting here struggling with the problem of what to
include in Crown Jewels . I feel the only sensible solution, since many of you
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| | Describing Insulators
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AN OPEN LETTER TO ALL COLLECTORS
This is an open letter to all persons involved one way or another with the
collecting of insulators. This letter has two primary reasons. First is to
improve and prolong what I considered one of the greatest of leisure-time
activities, and second is to prevent other collectors from being as disappointed
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| | Bracket Patent
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Dear Dora:
Enclosed is a print (next page) of patent number 436,120, Sept. 9, 1890 for
the Chubbuck insulator bracket, page 23 of August Crown Jewels. It's a bit hard
to find the patent when the stated year is 10 years off. Presume date and name
hard to make out on the specimen.
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| | What is it?
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Dear Editor:
Enclosed is a sketch of an insulator that my son Rick sent me from Spain
while attending University of California in Madrid. My twelve year old son Mark,
who is also an avid insulator collector, made the sketch. I've checked with some
collectors who have similar insulators, but this one is a different size! The
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| | Shining up a Dull Insulator
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RESEARCH DIVISION
Dear Dora,
Recently I purchased one C.D. 143 and one C.D. 190/191, both in a beautiful
deep purple. I am very happy with both, as they put some finishing touches to my
color scheme. However, I have been unable to get a nice gloss on them. I have
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