You don't need the product names or old records. No fee unless we recover compensation for your family.
The 1959 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 40–41
- Date
- 1959
- Rights
- Published 1931–1963 and its copyright never renewed; in the public domain in the United States.
The issues
-
January
65 pp. · PDF, 9.1 MB
-
February
61 pp. · PDF, 8.4 MB
-
March
65 pp. · PDF, 9.0 MB
-
April
65 pp. · PDF, 8.8 MB
-
May
69 pp. · PDF, 9.0 MB
-
June
67 pp. · PDF, 8.7 MB
-
July
69 pp. · PDF, 9.0 MB
-
August
65 pp. · PDF, 8.6 MB
-
September
65 pp. · PDF, 8.5 MB
-
October
61 pp. · PDF, 7.7 MB
-
November
65 pp. · PDF, 8.7 MB
-
December
65 pp. · PDF, 8.7 MB
Index of articles
Transcribed from the magazine's own annual index, which covers every issue below.
No articles match.
Amosite
- The Outlook for Amosite Asbestos. Apr. 1959, p. 2
Anthophyllite
- Anthophyllite Asbestos: Its Place in Industry. Oct. 1959, p. 2
Asbestos Cement Products
- Part 1, Needled Felts for the Manufacture of Asbestos-Cement Products. Jan. 1959, p. 20
- Part 2, (above article). Mar. 1959, p. 2
- Canadian Specifications. Mar. 1959, p. 24
- New Asbestos-Cement Sewer Pipe by Atlas Asbestos Co. Ltd., Canada. May 1959, p. 12
- New Trends in the Asbestos-Cement Industry. June 1959, p. 14
- Keasbey & Mattison Co. Offers 14" & 16" Asbestos-Cement Pipe. June 1959, p. 33
- New Asbestos-Cement Sheet with 9'6" Span Bold Profile of Universal "Magnum". July 1959, p. 26
Blue Asbestos
- Grading Crocidolite Asbestos. Feb. 1959, p. 10
Chrysotile
- The Development of Chrysotile Asbestos in South Africa. Aug. 1959, p. 2
- Chrysotile Potential in Canada. Sept. 1959, p. 2
Finland
- Over 50 Years of Asbestos Mining in Finland. June 1959, p. 24
General Articles on Asbestos
- Automation and High Speed in Asbestos Fibre Spinning. Feb. 1959, p. 20
- A New Process for the Separation of Asbestos Fibre From Crushed Rock. Mar. 1959, p. 14
- Diatomite and Its Association With Asbestos. May 1959, p. 2
Grading
- Grading Crocidolite Asbestos. Feb. 1959, p. 10
Histories of Firms
- Cape Asbestos Company Limited, A World-Wide Organization. June 1959, p. 2
- The Ruberoid Co.—73rd Anniversary. Nov. 1959, p. 26
Mining Asbestos
- Open Pit Asbestos Mining in Canada. Jan. 1959, p. 12
- Underground Mining in Canadian Asbestos Mines. July 1959, p. 2
Packings
Cited on this site
- ACandS
- Apparatus for molding articles from material in slurry form (US Patent 2,901,808, 1959)
- Asbestos-backed plastic surface covering (US Patent 2,880,090, 1959)
- Asbestos-containing vibration damping sheet material (US Patent 2,887,428, 1959)
- Asbestos fiber recovery from tailings (US Patent 2,874,838, 1959)
- Baldwin-Hill Company
- Beater saturated sheets having increased strength (US Patent 2,868,641, 1959)
- Composition for insulating covering (US Patent 2,878,133, 1959)
- Disintegrating asbestos ores (US Patent 2,891,734, 1959)
- Fabricating asbestos shingle siding unit (US Patent 2,879,555, 1959)
- Filter material (US Patent 2,882,997, 1959)
- Flame and heat resistant asbestos textile base material (US Patent 2,884,343, 1959)
- Friction elements (US Patent 2,901,456, 1959)
- H. K. Porter Company
- Hydrous calcium silicates (US Patent 2,875,075, 1959)
- Method and apparatus for concentrating and classifying material (US Patent 2,899,139, 1959)
- Method of and apparatus for removing from a mandrel, by means of compressed air, fibrocement tubes produced with tube-making machines and the like (US Patent 2,895,867, 1959)
- Method of molding foundry core drier supports (US Patent 2,873,480, 1959)
- Method of producing a molded article (US Patent 2,877,499, 1959)
- Monolithic porous filler for cylinders and method of producing same (US Patent 2,883,040, 1959)
- Normal cured dry pressed products (US Patent 2,886,484, 1959)
- Perlite insulation material (US Patent 2,878,131, 1959)
- PPG Industries
- Process and apparatus for producing molded articles (US Patent 2,878,727, 1959)
- Process for shaping in a mold a moldable material in the form of hollow bodies of non-uniform cross section, by employing an inflatable inner bag and yielding elements placed on said inner bag (US Patent 2,865,079, 1958)
- United States Rubber Company
- Varnish and process of making (US Patent 2,875,080, 1959)
Cite this document
“Asbestos Magazine, 1959.” 1959. Asbestos, Volumes 40–41. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/magazine/asbestos-magazine-1959.
ACL Doc numbers and their short links never change. See how to cite the Library.
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.
Armstrong Cork: Excelon (some styles)
Holmes Foundry: Caposite
Janos Industrial Insulation: Bronco
Johns-Manville: Flexboard · Min-k · Thermobestos
Keasbey & Mattison: Fluid-Tite · Limpet
Owens-Illinois: Kaylo
Philip Carey: Careytemp
Raybestos-Manhattan: Glassbestos
Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.: Unibestos
Mines this document describes
This document is a source for these mines in our database. Each mine's page brings together what this and other documents say about it.
Show all 40 mines
- Advocate Mines, Burlington Peninsula, Newfoundland
- African Chrysotile Asbestos, Ltd., South Africa
- Amianthus mine, Kaapsche Hoop district, Transvaal
- Amosa (Pty.), Ltd. amosite operation, South Africa
- Atomic Mining Corp. "B" property, Garthby Twp., six miles north of Disraeli, Quebec
- Atomic Mining Corp. property, Quebec
- Barberton Chrysotile Asbestos mine, South Africa
- Baryulgil, 40 miles northwest of Grafton, New South Wales
- Bell Asbestos mine, Thetford Mines, Quebec
- Carey Canadian Mines, East Broughton, Quebec
- Cassiar Asbestos claims, seventy miles due north of Telegraph Creek, Yukon
- Cassiar mine, British Columbia
- Clinton Creek property, northwest of Dawson, Yukon
- Consolidated Blue Asbestos Corporation mines, between Kuruman and Postmasburg, Cape Province
- Copperopolis property, California
- Djalma Dutra deposits, Bahia
- Dominion Asbestos Co., near St. Adrien, about 15 miles from Asbestos, Quebec
- Flintkote Mines Ltd., a few miles north of Thetford Mines, Quebec
- 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
- Kalkkloof mine, southwest of the Havelock towards Carolina, Transvaal
- King Beaver mine, Thetford Mines, Quebec
- Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Black Lake, Quebec
- Malips Drift (McBean's) mine, near Malips River, Transvaal
- Megantic mine, Black Lake, Quebec
- Msauli mine, adjacent to the Havelock, Transvaal
- Munnik Myburgh mine, Kaapsche Hoop district, Transvaal
- Munro mine, 9 miles east of Matheson, Munro Township, Ontario
- National Asbestos Mines, adjoining the Bell property, Quebec
- Nicolet Asbestos Mines, Quebec
- Nunyerry, Western Australia
- Penge mine, Transvaal
- Quebec Asbestos Corporation, Ltd., East Broughton, Quebec
- Sterkspruit mine, eastern Transvaal, Transvaal
- Stoltzburg mine, farm Stoltzburg No. 202, Carolina district, Eastern Transvaal
- Temeraire mine, Mashaba, Zimbabwe
- Tinaquillo deposit, 6 km west of Tinaquillo, Cojedes
- Wittenoom, Western Australia
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.
- Canadian Johns-Manville plant at Toronto, Ontario
- Cape Asbestos (Ireland) Ltd. plant at Limerick, Ireland
- Cape Asbestos Insulations (Pty) Ltd. plant at Benoni, South Africa
- Caposite Insulations Ltd. plant at Sarnia, Ontario
- Isolamiante Societe Anonyme plant at Courbevoie, France
- Johns-Manville Corporation plant at Chillicothe, Ohio
- Philip Carey plant at Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania
- United States Rubber Company plant at Hogansville, Georgia
Talk with an asbestos lawyer
Start with what you remember, and we'll take it from there.
This page is provided for general informational purposes and does not constitute legal advice. Every asbestos case turns on its own facts, exposure history, diagnosis, deadlines, available evidence, and applicable law. Reviewing this page does not create an attorney-client relationship. For advice about your specific situation, call 833-4-ASBESTOS for a free case review.