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The 1954 issues of Asbestos, the industry's trade monthly, published in Philadelphia from July 1919: all twelve issues of the year, each free to read online or download. The index below lists the year's articles by topic; each entry opens the issue at its page.
- Series
- Asbestos, Volumes 35–36
- Date
- 1954
- Rights
- Published 1931–1963 and its copyright never renewed; in the public domain in the United States.
The issues
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January
61 pp. · PDF, 7.9 MB
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February
57 pp. · PDF, 7.5 MB
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March
61 pp. · PDF, 8.0 MB
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April
57 pp. · PDF, 8.0 MB
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May
61 pp. · PDF, 8.1 MB
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June
61 pp. · PDF, 8.3 MB
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July
57 pp. · PDF, 7.4 MB
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August
61 pp. · PDF, 7.8 MB
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September
61 pp. · PDF, 8.0 MB
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October
61 pp. · PDF, 8.2 MB
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November
65 pp. · PDF, 8.6 MB
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December
65 pp. · PDF, 8.8 MB
Index of articles
Transcribed from the magazine's own annual index, which covers every issue below.
No articles match.
Africa (General)
- Commercial Value of South African Asbestos (Part I) Nov. 1954, p. 4
- Commercial Value of South African Asbestos (Part II) Dec. 1954, p. 10
Arizona
- Arizona's Salt River Asbestos Sept. 1954, p. 2
Asbestos Cement Products
- New Machines for Asbestos-Cement Manufacture Mar. 1954, p. 4
- Ceramo, a new ceramic a-c siding Mar. 1954, p. 20
- Asbestos Siding Repels Water Apr. 1954, p. 22
- Canadian Specifications Apr. 1954, p. 52
- Ruberoid Introduces American Thatch Nov. 1954, p. 20
- New A-C Building Board by Atlas Asb. Co. Nov. 1954, p. 46
Australia
- Australian Mineral Industry 1952 Review Jan. 1954, p. 22
Biographies
- Anna S. Rossiter Mar. 1954, p. 2
Clothing
- Asbeston Suits for Fire Fighters Mar. 1954, p. 32
Electrical Uses of Asbestos
- Utilization & Availability of Asbestos in Electric Insulation Aug. 1954, p. 2
General Articles on Asbestos
- Relocation Program at Thetford Mines Feb. 1954, p. 18
- Canadian Asbestos Industry in 1953 Apr. 1954, p. 2
- The Anomaly of Slip-Fibre Sept. 1954, p. 12
- The Asbestos Situation Nov. 1954, p. 16
- J-M "Pressure Packed" Asbestos Fibre Nov. 1954, p. 22
History of Firms
- Keasbey & Mattison Feb. 1954, p. 2
- Johnson's Company July 1954, p. 2
- The Ruberoid Co. Aug. 1954, p. 18
Insulation (General)
- Caposite July 1954, p. 16
- Canadian Specifications Sept. 1954, p. 10
- Insulation of Rotating Electrical Machinery Oct. 1954, p. 2
Magnesia
- Water Resistant 85% Magnesia Developed May 1954, p. 2
Packing
- "Wildcat" J-M Rod Packing July 1954, p. 52
Plastics
- A Plastic Glider Wing and Radar Scanner Aerial June 1954, p. 16
Tests
- Test Report on Water Resistant Magnesia Insulation May 1954, p. 4
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Products this document describes
This document is a source for these products in our database. Each product's page brings together what this and other documents say about it.
Cape Asbestos Co. of London: Caposite
Cellulo: Carbac
Greene Tweed & Co.: G.T. Ring
Johns-Manville: Albaseal · Cedargrain · Flexboard · Reeferite · Spintex · Superex · Thermobestos
Keasbey & Mattison: 'Century' Apac · Apac · Ebonized Asbestos · Limpet
Mining & General Technicians: Montasite
National Gypsum: Asbestone · Pliaboard
Ruberoid: Colorator
Supradur: Supradur
Unarco: Insubestos
Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.: Unibestos
Mines this document describes
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- African Chrysotile Asbestos, Ltd., South Africa
- Baryulgil, 40 miles northwest of Grafton, New South Wales
- Bell Asbestos mine, Thetford Mines, Quebec
- Belvidere Mountain quarry, Hyde Park / Eden, Vermont
- British Canadian mine, Black Lake, Quebec
- Cassiar mine, British Columbia
- Garrison Township property, Garrison Township, about 13 miles east of the Munro mine, Ontario
- Gurumba Tumba mine, Belingwe area, Zimbabwe
- Havelock mine, about 12 miles south-southeast of Barberton, Eswatini
- Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec
- Johns-Manville deposits, Mashaba, Zimbabwe
- Johnson's Co. mine, Thetford Mines, Quebec
- King Beaver mine, Thetford Mines, Quebec
- Lionel deposit, Western Australia
- Megantic mine, Black Lake, Quebec
- Moshanang mine, about 40 miles northwest of Labatsi, Botswana
- Munnik Myburgh mine, Kaapsche Hoop district, Transvaal
- Munro mine, 9 miles east of Matheson, Munro Township, Ontario
- Normandie mine, Quebec
- Nunyerry, Western Australia
- Reeves Township deposit, Reeves Township, 40 miles southwest of Timmins, Ontario
- Rhodesia Monteleo deposit and mill, 15 miles south of Shabani, Zimbabwe
- Shamala mine, four miles from the Temeraire Mine, Mashaba, Zimbabwe
- St. Lawrence Asbestos property, Cranbourne Township, Quebec
- Temeraire mine, Mashaba, Zimbabwe
- Thetford Mines district, Quebec
- Vimy Ridge property (Penhale ore body), 5 miles southwest of Thetford Mines, Quebec
- Wittenoom, Western Australia
Plants this document describes
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- Asbestos Ltd. and later owners plant at Millington, New Jersey
- CertainTeed Corporation plant at Santa Clara, California
- Johns-Manville plant at Marshville, North Carolina
- Johns-Manville plant at Pittsburg, California
- Norristown Covering Company and later owners plant at Norristown, Pennsylvania
- Union Asbestos & Rubber Co. / Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation plant at Bloomington, Illinois
- Union Asbestos & Rubber Co. plant at Paterson, New Jersey
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