Robert McMicking receives insulator patent

Patent Glass Insulator and Wood

Bracket.

By the mail which arrived here on Thursday Mr. R. B. McMicking received a patent for his recently invented improved glass insulator and bracket for air line telegraph. The patentee claims for his invention a simple mode for securing the insulator whereby it is prevented from leaving the bracket, and renders comparatively inactive vibrations which usually cause the insulator to jump from the bracket or become displaced. The insulator has been so designed as to combine a maximum of strength with a minimum of material, thus rendering it in addition peculiarly adapted for, transportation to remote districts. The patent bears date March 21, 1876, and gives to the patentee the exclusive right of manufacture throughout the Dominion for a term of five years. We understand that Mr. McMicking's patent is one of the first if not the first which has originated [sic] originated in this Province.