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The 1956 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 37–38
- Date
- 1956
- Rights
- Published 1931–1963 and its copyright never renewed; in the public domain in the United States.
The issues
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January
65 pp. · PDF, 8.4 MB
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February
65 pp. · PDF, 8.3 MB
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March
65 pp. · PDF, 8.4 MB
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April
65 pp. · PDF, 8.1 MB
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May
69 pp. · PDF, 8.7 MB
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June
69 pp. · PDF, 9.0 MB
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July
69 pp. · PDF, 8.8 MB
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August
69 pp. · PDF, 9.1 MB
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September
69 pp. · PDF, 8.8 MB
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October
69 pp. · PDF, 9.0 MB
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November
69 pp. · PDF, 8.8 MB
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December
71 pp. · PDF, 9.1 MB
Index of articles
Transcribed from the magazine's own annual index, which covers every issue below.
No articles match.
Africa
- South African Asbestos Market Review for 1955 Feb. 1956, p. 14
Asbestos Cement Products
- Canadian Specifications Mar. 1956, p. 16
- Huyck Needled Felts in Use for Past 1½ year Apr. 1956, p. 20
- Corrugated Sheets Make Good Fencing Aug. 1956, p. 22
- The Use of Nylon in Felts For Paper, Board and Asbestos Cement Oct. 1956, p. 2
- New Bulletin on Uses of Fluted and Ribbed Decorative A-C Panels Nov. 1956, p. 28
Australia
- Australian Mineral Industry 1954 Review Feb. 1956, p. 16
Blue Asbestos
- Spotlight on Blue Asbestos Mar. 1956, p. 20
Census of Manufactures
- Asbestos Products — 1954 Nov. 1956, p. 12
- Gaskets & Asbestos Insulation — 1954 Nov. 1956, p. 14
Filtering
- Filtering Radio—Active Air Jan. 1956, p. 29
Finland
- Asbestos in Finland Nov. 1956, p. 52
General Articles on Asbestos
- S. African Asbestos Market Review 1955 Feb. 1956, p. 14
- Small Asbestos Projects—W. E. Sinclair Apr. 1956, p. 2
- Fibre Fineness — Density — By Charles Z. Carroll-Porczynski May 1956, p. 2
- Rhodesian Chrysotile Production Breaks All Records in 1955 — By W. E. Sinclair June 1956, p. 2
- Hand Sorting Asbestos Ore, Part I— By W. E. Sinclair July 1956, p. 2
- Asbestos Cement Products from Mozambique July 1956, p. 19
- Hand Sorting Asbestos Ore, Part II — By W. E. Sinclair Aug. 1956, p. 2
- Distribution of Crocidolite Asbestos — By W. E. Sinclair Sept. 1956, p. 2
- Tiger-Eye and its Relation to Crocidolite Asbestos — By W. E. Sinclair Nov. 1956, p. 4
Histories of Firms
- Supradur Manufacturing Co. June 1956, p. 12
- Standard Asbestos Mfg. Co. Aug. 1956, p. 30
India
- New Factories Planned in India Oct. 1956, p. 16
Insulation (General)
- Canadian Specifications June 1956, p. 18
- Canadian Specifications Dec. 1956, p. 20
Magnesia—85%
- 85% Magnesia Served 40 Years Specified for Modern Plant Oct. 1956, p. 10
Packings
- Booklet on Packings & Millboard July 1956, p. 32
Plastics
- R/M Asbestos Products for Plastic Laminates June 1956, p. 20
- Role of Asbestos in Plastics Dec. 1956, p. 14
Rhodesia
- Asbestos Production in S. Rhodesia Nov. 1956, p. 58
Roofing
- Carey Fire-Chex '400 July 1956, p. 16
Tests
- Symposium on Impact Testing Oct. 1956, p. 20
Various Asbestos Products
- Asbestos Transitop Oct. 1956, p. 36
- Driftwood, Shake Insulating Siding Oct. 1956, p. 58
- Fluted & Ribbed A-C Panels Nov. 1956, p. 28
- Autoclaved Clapboard Dec. 1956, p. 28
Various Locations
- Asbestos Find in Eire July 1956, p. 48
- Finland Nov. 1956, p. 52
- Asbestos in the Yukon Territory Nov. 1956, p. 64
Cited on this site
- Abex Corporation
- Arc-suppressing device (US Patent 2,768,264, 1956)
- Baldwin-Hill Company
- Benjamin Foster Company
- Calcareous matrix body coated with reaction product of an alkali metal boro-phosphate and a metal silicofluoride (US Patent 2,766,140, 1956)
- Cement mortar composition of matter (US Patent 2,763,561, 1956)
- Flintkote
- Gaskets (US Patent 2,766,055, 1956)
- Hardenable, fluid compositions containing resinous polymeric epoxides and a bentonite-amine reaction product (US Patent 2,768,992, 1956)
- Insulating compositions and method of forming same (US Patent 2,767,768, 1956)
- Method for the manufacture of calcium silicate type insulation (US Patent 2,766,131, 1956)
- Method of making asbestos paper containing a tacky bonding agent (US Patent 2,769,713, 1956)
- Method of molding furan resins (US Patent 2,768,408, 1956)
- Process for producing coated insulating material (US Patent 2,768,091, 1956)
- The Ruberoid Company
Cite this document
“Asbestos Magazine, 1956.” 1956. Asbestos, Volumes 37–38. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/magazine/asbestos-magazine-1956.
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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
Eagle-Picher: Hylo
Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Co.: Thermalite 85% Magnesia · Thermasil
Fibreboard: Caltemp
Holmes Foundry: Caposite
Johns-Manville: Flexboard
Keasbey & Mattison: Limpet
Keene: Thermasil
Mundet Cork: Air Cell · Anti-Sweat · Custom Molded 85% Magnesia
North American Asbestos: Caposite
Owens-Illinois: Kaylo
Supradur: Supradur
Mines this document describes
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- Advocate Mines, Burlington Peninsula, Newfoundland
- Alpha Asbest., Gwanda, Zimbabwe
- Amiandos mine, Cyprus
- Asbestos Corp. Thetford mine(s), Thetford Mines, Quebec
- Bell Asbestos mine, Thetford Mines, Quebec
- Bend A mine, Zimbabwe
- British Canadian mine, Black Lake, Quebec
- Croft mine, Filabusi district, Zimbabwe
- D. S. O. mine, Mashaba, Zimbabwe
- Djalma Dutra deposits, Bahia
- Eastern Asbestos Co. deposit, Portland West Township, about 24 miles north of Buckingham, Quebec
- Ethel mine, near Salisbury, Zimbabwe
- Flintkote Mines Ltd., a few miles north of Thetford Mines, Quebec
- Gurumba Tumba mine, Belingwe area, Zimbabwe
- Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec
- Johns-Manville deposits, Mashaba, Zimbabwe
- Johnson's Co. mine, Thetford Mines, Quebec
- King Beaver mine, Thetford Mines, Quebec
- Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Black Lake, Quebec
- Lanninhurst Asbestos, Ltd., West Nicholson, Zimbabwe
- Munro mine, 9 miles east of Matheson, Munro Township, Ontario
- Murie mine, Mashaba, Zimbabwe
- Nil Desperandum mine, Zimbabwe
- Normandie mine, Quebec
- Paakkila mine, Finland
- Pangani mine, near Filabusi, east of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
- Princess mine, Mashaba, Zimbabwe
- Quebec Asbestos Corp. new deposit, about 3 miles from East Broughton, Quebec
- Rantanyani mine, Belingwe, Zimbabwe
- Regal A mine, Belingwe, Zimbabwe
- Rex mine, Mashaba, Zimbabwe
- Serpentine mine, Belingwe, Zimbabwe
- Shabani mine, Zimbabwe
- Shamala mine, four miles from the Temeraire Mine, Mashaba, Zimbabwe
- Silver Oak mine, Vukwe, Zimbabwe
- Slip A mine, Vukwe Range, south-east of Shabani, Zimbabwe
- Suomen Mineraali chrysotile deposit, Finnish Lapland, Finland
- Temeraire mine, Mashaba, Zimbabwe
Plants this document describes
This document is a source for these plants in our database. Each plant's page brings together what this and other documents say about it.
- Eternit S.P.A. plant at Vancouver, British Columbia
- Johns-Manville plant at Stockton, California
- Johns-Manville plant at Waukegan, Illinois
- Lusalite De Mocambique plant at Dondo, Mozambique
- Standard Asbestos Mfg. Co. plant at Chicago, Illinois
- Thermoid Company plant at Mexico City, Mexico
- Thermoid Rubber Company / Thermoid Company plant at Trenton, New Jersey
- Universal Asbestos Manufacturing Company Ltd. plant at Watford, United Kingdom
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