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The 1961 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 42–43
- Date
- 1961
- 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, 7.8 MB
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February
65 pp. · PDF, 8.8 MB
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March
65 pp. · PDF, 8.7 MB
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April
65 pp. · PDF, 8.3 MB
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May
65 pp. · PDF, 8.5 MB
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June
65 pp. · PDF, 9.0 MB
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July
61 pp. · PDF, 7.8 MB
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August
61 pp. · PDF, 7.9 MB
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September
61 pp. · PDF, 7.9 MB
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October
61 pp. · PDF, 7.4 MB
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November
61 pp. · PDF, 7.9 MB
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December
69 pp. · PDF, 9.0 MB
Index of articles
Transcribed from the magazine's own annual index.
No articles match.
Africa
- The Munnik-Myburgh Asbestos Mine Oct. 1961, p. 2
Amphibole
- Amphibole Asbestos in South Africa May 1961, p. 12
Arizona
- The Arizona Low Iron Chrysotile Asbestos Situation Mar. 1961, p. 2
- Letter to the Editor May 1961, p. 16
Asbestos Cement Products
- Asbestos-Cement Products in the Constructional Field July 1961, p. 2
- International Organization for Standardization—Technical Committee 77 Aug. 1961, p. 8
- Asbestos-Cement Piping in Industry & Mines Nov. 1961, p. 4
Australia
- More Blue Asbestos From Australia Nov. 1961, p. 32
Brake Lining
- Asbestos in Brake Linings & Clutch Facings June 1961, p. 12
General Articles on Asbestos
- Theory-Cum-Practice in Asbestos Production Feb. 1961, p. 2
- Dust Control in Asbestos Operations May 1961, p. 2
- Asbestos Fibre Standards Laboratory May 1961, p. 24
- Asbestos The Raw Material June 1961, p. 6
- Sales Trend in the Asbestos-Cement Field in Europe June 1961, p. 8
- Asbestos Story Ring—8th Recipient Aug. 1961, p. 14
- Fiberization, A Critical Operation in Asbestos Processing Sept. 1961, p. 2
Histories of Firms
- The Ruberoid Co.—75th Anniversary Nov. 1961, p. 22
History of Asbestos
- Asbestos The Word June 1961, p. 2
- The Myth—Asbestos in History Aug. 1961, p. 2
Insulation
- J-M Thermal Insulations—Used in Project Mercury Spacecraft June 1961, p. 20
- B-E-H Duct Insulation July 1961, p. 14
Mining Asbestos
- Canadian J-M To Use Skips in Open-pit Mining July 1961, p. 12
Rhodesia
- Asbestos in Southern Rhodesia Nov. 1961, p. 28
Various Locations of Asbestos
- Murray Mining Corporation Limited Ungava Asbestos Deposit Oct. 1961, p. 2
Cited by Barry Castleman
In Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects (5th edition, 2005), which cites it in:
- Chapter 10 (Historical Research on Toxic Substances), p. 665 (as part of a larger document)
Cited on this site
- Abrasive wheel composition (US Patent 2,943,926, 1960)
- Apparatus for manufacturing sheets of fibrous materials (US Patent 2,975,833, 1961)
- Apparatus for packing asbestos fibers and the like (US Patent 2,984,172, 1961)
- Apparatus for the manufacture of multi-layer tubular bodies (US Patent 2,966,715, 1961)
- Asbestos dryer felt (US Patent 2,947,328, 1960)
- Asbestos fiber treatment (US Patent 2,940,892, 1960)
- Asphaltic seal assemblies (US Patent 2,972,558, 1961)
- Brake element (US Patent 2,971,615, 1961)
- Composite building unit (US Patent 2,946,158, 1960)
- Controlled precipitation of rubber onto asbestos fibers (US Patent 2,940,893, 1960)
- Dispersions of organic polymers and chrysotile asbestos, process of preparing film therefrom and product thereof (US Patent 2,945,831, 1960)
- Dry plaster mix comprising aggregate, clay, cellulose derivative and amine aldehyde resin (US Patent 2,993,016, 1961)
- Filter media and method of making (US Patent 2,971,907, 1961)
- Flame retarding composition and fabric treated therewith (US Patent 2,948,641, 1960)
- H. K. Porter Company
- Heat exchanger (US Patent 2,986,379, 1961)
- High strength specialty papers and processes for producing the same (US Patent 2,962,414, 1960)
- Insulating composition containing sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, aluminum acetate and polyvinyl acetate (US Patent 2,993,017, 1961)
- Insulation for rocket motors (US Patent 2,987,880, 1961)
- Insulation material and method of making same (US Patent 2,971,878, 1961)
- Material collector (US Patent 2,968,400, 1961)
- Method and machine for manufacturing asbestos cement tubes (US Patent 2,977,276, 1961)
- Method of converting individual fibers into coherent fibrous bodies (US Patent 2,972,221, 1961)
- Method of molding a low density high strength shaped body from a dilute slurry (US Patent 2,958,623, 1960)
- Molded carriers (US Patent 2,958,443, 1960)
- Oil base drilling fluids (US Patent 2,995,514, 1961)
- Plastic composition for floor covering and method of applying same (US Patent 2,977,863, 1961)
- Plastic containing composition and the process of making the same (US Patent 2,993,799, 1961)
- Presses for thermosetting compositions (US Patent 2,946,091, 1960)
- Prevention of development of color by iron compounds in plastics (US Patent 2,943,070, 1960)
- Process for preparation of refractory insulating blocks (US Patent 2,965,504, 1960)
- Reading Castleman, Chapter 10
- Sealing compositions (US Patent 2,973,279, 1961)
- Structural form production method and apparatus (US Patent 2,973,783, 1961)
- Treatment of fibrous materials with coating or impregnating agents (US Patent 2,939,814, 1960)
- Wet brushing of woven asbestos fabric (US Patent 2,993,261, 1961)
Cite this document
“Asbestos Magazine, 1961.” 1961. Asbestos, Volumes 42–43. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/magazine/asbestos-magazine-1961.
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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.
Armstrong Cork: Corlon
Asbestone: Asbestone 400 · Gold Bond
Baldwin-Ehret-Hill: Beh No. 1 Plus
Cape Asbestos: Caposil 1400 · Caposil HT
Cape Asbestos Co. of London: Caposite
Ferodo: Ferodo Brake Linings
Fibreboard: Prasco
Gold Bond Bldg. Products (National Gypsum): Plasticrylic
Gold Bond Building Products (National Gypsum): Classic
Johns-Manville: Asbaltic · Min-k · Plastibest · Speed-Insul Panels · Spintex · Thermoflex
Keasbey & Mattison: Air-Duct · Astro · Ebonized Asbestos · Fluid-Tite · Kamflex · KolorMate · Limpet · Promenade Tile · Sprayed Limpet Asbestos · T-deck
Maker not given: Klingerit 400 Universal (maker not given)
National Gypsum: Asbestone · Asbestone 400 · Gold Bond Asbestos 7M-2 · Gold Bond Asbestos Fibers
Philip Carey: Careytemp
Smith & Kanzler: SprayCraft
Turners Asbestos: Turnall
Unarco: Unarcoboard
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 19 mines
- Advocate Mines, Burlington Peninsula, Newfoundland
- Amianthus mine, Kaapsche Hoop district, Transvaal
- Asbestos Hill, south of Deception Bay, Ungava area, Quebec
- Bajenova district, Bajenova district, about 90 km northeast of Sverdlovsk, Russia
- Belvidere Mountain quarry, Hyde Park / Eden, Vermont
- British Canadian mine, Black Lake, Quebec
- Chrysotile mine, Gila County, Arizona
- Copperopolis property, California
- Flintkote Mines Ltd., a few miles north of Thetford Mines, Quebec
- Jaquays, Globe district, Arizona
- Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec
- King Beaver mine, Thetford Mines, Quebec
- Kuruman Cape Blue Asbestos plant, South Africa
- Munnik Myburgh mine, Kaapsche Hoop district, Transvaal
- Normandie mine, Quebec
- Regal mine, Globe, Arizona
- Shabani mine, Zimbabwe
- Vanguard Asbestos Mines claims, Belingwe area, Zimbabwe
- 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.
- Beton & Mollith and later owners plant at Mol, Antwerp
- CertainTeed Corporation plant at Hillsboro, Texas
- Everite Limited / Everite (Pty) Limited plant at Brackenfell, Cape Province
- Everite Limited / Everite Ltd. plant at Kliprivier, Transvaal
- Everite Limited plant at Durban, Natal
- Johns-Manville plant at Tilton, New Hampshire
- Keasbey & Mattison Co. / Nicolet Industries, Inc. plant at Ambler, Pennsylvania
- The Flintkote Company (Orangeburg Manufacturing Division) plant at Ravenna, Ohio
- Turner & Newall Limited and later owners plant at Emene (Enugu), Eastern Region
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