Hemingray Glass Company

The Hemingray Glass Co. was based in Muncie, Indiana, and operated from the early 1850s, until the late 1960s, producing different telegraph insulators. The most popular insulator Hemingray made was the Hemingray 42 (CD 154) which was produced by the millions. Another was the Hemingray No. 9 (CD 106) which was produced by the millions, also, but was less popular. When the company started, threadless insulators, (insulators that did not have threads inside) were used, most notably on the Transcontinental Railroad Then during the early 1870s, the style of the insulator changed to fit a threaded pin after the previous design failed. Hemingray issued a patent on December 19th, 1871 for a group of insulators including the CD 120, CD 125, and others. These are considered some of the earliest threaded insulators in the collection, and are worth money. The company kept manufacturing these until the 1880s when drip points (bead-like orbs on the base of the insulator, allowing water to drip off of it) were invented, and the CD 151 started using them. This lead to a whole new era of insulators including the CD 152, CD 154, and many others. These insulators were in service for years and years, until the 1930s when some styles were being put out of manufacturing, and only a few select styles were being produced. This worked well until the late 1960s when the modern porcelain power insulators were to be used, and almost all glass insulators were put out of service.

I have a CD 125 Western Union insulator from the Hemingray Glass Company

by The Wing Man October 23, 2018

cat with glasses

just a random thing that popped into my head

cat with glasses in urban dictionary

by poipeoplepersone February 11, 2022

Glassing

Putting your penis in someone’s ear immediately after jizzing to give them a “wet Willy”

Barrett: “Yo bro I had two dudes glassing me last night

Ayden: “That’s sick dawg

by ABjohnsonfarts May 6, 2024

glass invitation

An insincere invitation. And invitation that the sender gives out of social obligation but hopes the receiver does not act on.

“Yeah Will invited me to his New Year’s party, but I know it was a glass invitation so I won’t be going. He only invited me because someone mentioned the party in front of me.”

by Michael Callahan December 21, 2023

Venus Glassing

An instance where a wifely figure is blamed for releasing fog-demons in an elevator. Also appropriate-and more well known-for the sounds emitted from the bathroom in the morning. I.e fogged mirrors from fog-demons.

'Honey...were those barking spiders or were you venus glassing again?'

*points at wife in elevator* 'she really enjoys venus glassing. It wasnt me'

by A Minnesotan November 20, 2018

Made of art and broken glass

Someone who eats a LOT of chocolate croissants.

"She's made of art and broken glass"

by Aw_k_ward November 20, 2018

Glass Donut

Apple's proposed new campus building.

Have you seen the pictures of the glass donut yet?

by whydoIhavetocreateaname June 29, 2011