Bronze thimbles, open at the top like those used by tailors, have been found amoii" the ruins of Herculaneum, which was destroyed with Pompeii by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Bronze or brass thimbles, differing little from the modern type, have been found in the excavation of Roman dwellings in London. as well as in the Thames off Dowgat®,
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 131, 2 March 1928, Page 11
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61Untitled Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 131, 2 March 1928, Page 11
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