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The 1957 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 38–39
- Date
- 1957
- 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, 8.2 MB
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February
65 pp. · PDF, 8.2 MB
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March
65 pp. · PDF, 8.2 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
65 pp. · PDF, 8.6 MB
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July
69 pp. · PDF, 9.0 MB
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August
69 pp. · PDF, 9.1 MB
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September
69 pp. · PDF, 8.7 MB
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October
69 pp. · PDF, 8.9 MB
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November
67 pp. · PDF, 8.3 MB
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December
69 pp. · PDF, 8.6 MB
Index of articles
Transcribed from the magazine's own annual index.
No articles match.
Amosite
Amphibole
- Long Fibre Asbestos Discovered on Tulare Indian Reservation Nov. 1957, p. 54
Asbestos Cement Products
- New Asbestos-Cement Building Sewer Pipe Jan. 1957, p. 60
- Re-Roof "For Last Time" with Permanent Asbestos Shingles Mar. 1957, p. 30
- Canadian Specifications Apr. 1957, p. 22
- Fluid-Tite Sewer Pipe May 1957, p. 22
- New Trends in the Making of Asbestos-Cement Pipes and Sheets June 1957, p. 8
- Canadian Specifications June 1957, p. 22
- Canadian Specifications July 1957, p. 22
- PAB-FLEX and PAB-ROK Aug. 1957, p. 31
- Drycor Pioneers New Felt for Asbestos-Cement Pipe Manufacture Sept. 1957, p. 14
- A manual of application methods for flat asbestos-cement sheets Nov. 1957, p. 12
Australia
- Australian Mineral Industry 1955 Review Feb. 1957, p. 20
Chrysotile
- The Quest for Chrysotile in Southern Rhodesia—By W. E. Sinclair Apr. 1957, p. 2
- Chrysotile Asbestos in Serpentinized Sedimentary Deposits—By W. E. Sinclair July 1957, p. 2
- A New Montana Chrysotile Discovery Nov. 1957, p. 2
Gaskets
- Armstrong Cork Co. Develops New Gasketing Materials Aug. 1957, p. 18
General Articles on Asbestos
- Asbestos' Almost Unbeatable Future Jan. 1957, p. 12
- Determination of Cellulosic and Glass Fibres in Mixtures with Asbestos — By C. Z. Carroll-Porczynski Mar. 1957, p. 14
- British Standard for Compressed Asbestos Fibre Jointing May 1957, p. 16
- Increased Supplies of Fibre Spur New Uses for Asbestos—By Myril C. Shaw June 1957, p. 2
- Chrysotile Asbestos in Serpentinized Sedimentary Deposits—By W. E. Sinclair July 1957, p. 2
Insulation
- New Ehret Thermasil May 1957, p. 12
- Spintex Insulation May 1957, p. 20
- Caposite Thermal Insulation for the Oil Industry Aug. 1957, p. 16
- "Rocksil" Marine Board Oct. 1957, p. 22
Magnesia
Rhodesia
- Quest for Chrysotile in Southern Rhodesia—By W. E. Sinclair Apr. 1957, p. 2
Roofing
- All-Purpose Roofing Apr. 1957, p. 10
- Manual of Application Methods for Asbestos-Cement Roof Shingles June 1957, p. 18
Various Locations
- A New Chrysotile Discovery in Montana Nov. 1957, p. 2
- Long Fibre Asbestos Discovered on Tulare Co. Indian Reservation Nov. 1957, p. 54
Cited on this site
- Abex Corporation
- ACandS
- Apparatus for making boardlike products from a fibrous cement mixture (US Patent 2,779,252, 1957)
- Apparatus for manufacturing tubes (US Patent 2,789,333, 1957)
- Asphaltic magnesia composition and method of producing the same (US Patent 2,800,415, 1957)
- Benjamin Foster Company
- Cementitious material containing slate flour (US Patent 2,785,987, 1957)
- Ceramic welding ring (US Patent 2,796,843, 1957)
- Chlorophyl impregnated filter means for tobacco products (US Patent 2,774,354, 1956)
- Cork asbestos elastomer sheet (US Patent 2,799,578, 1957)
- Electrical insulation suitable for commutators (US Patent 2,788,052, 1957)
- Fiber reinforced tubular article (US Patent 2,791,241, 1957)
- Fibrous structures and methods for manufacturing same (US Patent 2,772,603, 1956)
- Filter demonstration device (US Patent 2,790,253, 1957)
- Fire resistant structural units (US Patent 2,787,345, 1957)
- Fire retardant coated roofing sheet and process for preparing (US Patent 2,782,129, 1957)
- Health muffler (US Patent 2,795,103, 1957)
- Impregnation of light-weight concrete with silicate and thermoplastic resins (US Patent 2,794,752, 1957)
- Inorganic bonded thermal insulating bodies and method of manufacture (US Patent 2,811,457, 1957)
- Inorganic molding composition (US Patent 2,795,510, 1957)
- Machine for manufacturing weldless asbestos-cement pipes (US Patent 2,778,285, 1957)
- Manufacture of abrasive products (US Patent 2,780,534, 1957)
- Manufacture of high temperature insulating materials (US Patent 2,784,085, 1957)
- Method and apparatus for making fiber reinforced resin tubing (US Patent 2,794,481, 1957)
- Method and apparatus for producing a decorative surface covering sheet (US Patent 2,775,994, 1957)
- Method and apparatus for screening materials (US Patent 2,775,347, 1956)
- Method for curing friction compositions (US Patent 2,790,206, 1957)
- Method for preparing self lubricating, asbestos containing stuffing box packings (US Patent 2,809,397, 1957)
- Method for producing pipe covering and the like (US Patent 2,788,840, 1957)
- Method of forming a surface covering (US Patent 2,798,822, 1957)
- Method of installing underground heating pipe systems (US Patent 2,773,512, 1956)
- Method of making asbestos insulating material with improved electrical properties (US Patent 2,804,908, 1957)
- Method of making cement bound asbestos paper (US Patent 2,791,159, 1957)
- Method of making fibrous sheet material containing a synthetic rubber binder (US Patent 2,772,970, 1956)
- Method of making filter media (US Patent 2,797,163, 1957)
- Method of preparing composite products containing metallic and non-metallic materials (US Patent 2,793,949, 1957)
- Molding compositions containing mineral fillers and products produced therefrom (US Patent 2,809,946, 1957)
- Movable bed stratifier with constant pneumatic current (US Patent 2,803,346, 1957)
- Pointing and caulking compound (US Patent 2,776,906, 1957)
- Polychloroprene-palm oil packing composition (US Patent 2,813,084, 1957)
- Preliminary coating for combustion chamber wall (US Patent 2,811,467, 1957)
- Preparation of coated asbestos-cement products (US Patent 2,778,283, 1957)
- Production of composite glass and asbestos yarn (US Patent 2,778,763, 1957)
- Production of friction material (US Patent 2,811,750, 1957)
- Production of mixed fibrous sheet material (US Patent 2,772,157, 1956)
- Thermal insulating bodies and method of manufacture (US Patent 2,808,338, 1957)
- Thermal insulating structures and methods for the production thereof (US Patent 2,788,053, 1957)
- Thermal insulation (US Patent 2,777,786, 1957)
- Thermal insulation (US Patent 2,786,004, 1957)
- The Ruberoid Company
- Tobacco smoke filter (US Patent 2,795,227, 1957)
- Tool for cutting fibro-cement sheets or like material (US Patent 2,797,481, 1957)
- Vacuum control for gravity separators (US Patent 2,806,599, 1957)
- Valveless intermittent dehumidifier (US Patent 2,801,706, 1957)
- Vinyl plastic tile and method of making the same (US Patent 2,773,851, 1956)
Cite this document
“Asbestos Magazine, 1957.” 1957. Asbestos, Volumes 38–39. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/magazine/asbestos-magazine-1957.
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Products this document describes
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Armstrong Cork: Accopac
Bird & Son: Plantation Stone
Cape Asbestos: Caposil
Flintkote: Flintdek · Van Packer Chimneys
Johns-Manville: Fibra-Flo · Fibroid · Spintex
Keasbey & Mattison: Fluid-Tite · Kamklad
Maker not given: Vitramic (maker not given)
Mundet Cork: Custom Molded 85% Magnesia · Mundet
North American Asbestos: Asbestolux
Raybestos-Manhattan: Novabestos
Ruberoid: Vitramic
Unarco: Insutape · Insutube · Wovenstone
Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.: Unibestos
Mines this document describes
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- Advocate Mines, Burlington Peninsula, Newfoundland
- Amiandos mine, Cyprus
- 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
- Carey Canadian Mines, East Broughton, Quebec
- Cassiar mine, British Columbia
- Ethel mine, near Salisbury, Zimbabwe
- Jaquays, Globe district, Arizona
- Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec
- Johns-Manville deposits, Mashaba, Zimbabwe
- King Beaver mine, Thetford Mines, Quebec
- Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Black Lake, Quebec
- Lionel deposit, Western Australia
- Munro mine, 9 miles east of Matheson, Munro Township, Ontario
- National Asbestos Mines, adjoining the Bell property, Quebec
- Normandie mine, Quebec
- Nunyerry, Western Australia
- Shabani mine, Zimbabwe
- Temeraire mine, Mashaba, Zimbabwe
- Tule River Indian reservation discovery, Tule River Indian reservation, near Porterville, California
- Wittenoom, Western Australia
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