Most of these thimble makers no longer create thimbles. Twist-on connectors are also known as wire nuts, wire connectors, cone connectors, or thimble connectors. Modern crucibles have a self-tapping thimble in the pouring nozzle. Rarer works from thimble makers utilized diamonds, sapphires, or rubies. A micrometer reading is not accurate if the thimble is over- or under-torqued. Most commonly used for radiation therapy measurements is a cylindrical or "thimble" chamber. Its calyx is gamosepalous, like a little red thimble. A solid sample containing the desired compound along with impurities is placed in the thimble. The town of Branford includes the Thimble Islands. The non-soluble portion of the extracted solid remains in the thimble, and is usually discarded. He also owned a specially adapted home on one of Connecticut's Thimble Islands. He would kill for even a thimble of starstuff. New statues honoring the other Thimble Theater characters are added each year. This applies, for instance, to the in words like "thimble", "grumble" and "scramble". He began by drawing "Thimble Theatre" for the "New York Journal".