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1935 - Nick Ruscio with a cast glass insulator for electrical equipment

NOT BENNY GOODMAN

CD 1963055 E&MP 23.008

Electric Insulating and Insulators

1935

NOT BENNY GOODMAN ....... nor even a clarinet. But it is Nick Ruscio of the Pittsfield, Mass., Works of the General Electric Company with a cast glass insulator for electrical equipment. The glass has high mechanical strength and is impervious to moisture.










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©General Electric



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