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

glass

(verb) Synonym of 'to nuke'. When a city gets nuked, some of the building materials and natural rocks can melt from the high temperature and solidify as a type of glass.

Mike: "Dude, have you heard what happened to Hiroshima?"
Joe: "Yeah, it got glassed, what a shame!"

by Keeng Ra'at October 28, 2018

sunshine going through a glass of whiskey

The color of Richard Speight, Jr.'s eyes.

Person 1: Okay, so how would describe the color of Richard Speight, Jr.'s eyes? Hazel? Gold?
Person 2: Dude, I love you but you are a great big bag o' dicks if you don't know Rich's eye color is sunshine going through a glass of whiskey.

by LPCollins December 12, 2018

tall glass of emo depression

Someone who is tall, wears black a lot, and is depressed

You look like "A tall glass of emo depression"

by Lward19 December 14, 2018

ama glass

A very large glass of wine. Most likely meant for three servings at once.

Wow, so you poured me an Ama glass?

by Akhad December 23, 2018

Glasses-cart

1. a shopping cart full of glasses
2. when you go on a shopping spree to Specsavers

1. oh my that is a glasses-cart
2. I went for a glasses-cart today

by whoophey December 31, 2018

shitting broken glass

Extremely scared or nervous, particularly about the outcome of a situation or event.

Man, when my car spun out on the ice & ended up in front of that truck, I was shitting broken glass!

by Bilgerat984 January 6, 2019