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The 1979 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 60–61
- Date
- 1979
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study: the trade record of what the asbestos industry made, sold and knew.
The issues
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January
60 pp. · PDF, 12.9 MB
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February
68 pp. · PDF, 14.8 MB
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March
54 pp. · PDF, 57.4 MB
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April
62 pp. · PDF, 12.2 MB
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May
64 pp. · PDF, 13.6 MB
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June
64 pp. · PDF, 13.8 MB
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July
57 pp. · PDF, 12.2 MB
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August
56 pp. · PDF, 11.3 MB
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September
52 pp. · PDF, 57.7 MB
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October
65 pp. · PDF, 13.4 MB
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November
64 pp. · PDF, 13.8 MB
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December
63 pp. · PDF, 13.8 MB
Index of articles
Transcribed from the magazine's own annual index, which covers every issue below.
No articles match.
Companies and Products
- Greetings from Industry Leaders—1979 Jan. 1979, p. 4
- The Asbestos Products Industry—1978 Review Jan. 1979, p. 12
- For and About Companies Mar. 1979, p. 8
- Straightening Out the Strength Unit Curve, by D. R. Burman and A. A. Hodgson, Cape Asbestos Fibres Ltd. June 1979, p. 4
- Companies and Products June 1979, p. 18
- Processing/Materials Handling July 1979, p. 8
- Robalit 61 Suction Box Covers—New Applications July 1979, p. 12
- Companies and Products Aug. 1979, p. 12
- Companies and Products Nov. 1979, p. 8
- Processing/Materials Handling Nov. 1979, p. 16
Detecting/Counting/Measuring
- Detection/Analysis/Measurement May 1979, p. 28
- A Comparison: The GCA Model FAM Fibrous Aerosol Monitor to the NIOSH Recommended Procedure for Asbestos Sampling and Microscopic Counting, by P. Lilienfeld, GCA Corporation Aug. 1979, p. 4
- Automatic Detection and Counting of Asbestos Fibers Sept. 1979, p. 4
Dust Collection and Control
- PTFE Membranes Improve Filter Bags Mar. 1979, p. 4
- Dust Collection and Control May 1979, p. 20
- New Asbestos Fiber Bag Opener from CertainTeed Machinery Division July 1979, p. 4
- Newest in Dust Control Oct. 1979, p. 16
Occupational Safety and Health
- Asbestos Occupational Health and Safety—1978 Review Feb. 1979, p. 6
- U.S. Environmental Update Apr. 1979, p. 12
- Occupational Health/Internationally May 1979, p. 6
- Johns-Manville Takes Position on Asbestos Publicity and Compensation July 1979, p. 14
- U.S. Environmental Issues Oct. 1979, p. 4
- Glass Fiber Not the Cause Nov. 1979, p. 4
Personal Protection for the Worker
- Protective Apparatus/Medical Testing May 1979, p. 26
- Personal Protective Devices Oct. 1979, p. 20
The Asbestos Mining Industry
- Quebec's Endeavor to Acquire Asbestos Corporation Ltd. Mar. 1979, p. 28
- “Proto” Rescue Teams Apr. 1979, p. 4
- Quebec's Endeavor to Acquire Asbestos Corporation Ltd. June 1979, p. 34
- Quebec's Endeavor to Acquire Asbestos Corporation Ltd. July 1979, p. 30
- What's New in Mining Equipment? July 1979, p. 32
- Cape Industries Sells Mining Division Aug. 1979, p. 32
- Quebec's Endeavor to Acquire Asbestos Corporation Ltd. Aug. 1979, p. 34
- Quebec's Endeavor to Acquire Asbestos Corporation Ltd. Oct. 1979, p. 40
- Mining Equipment News Nov. 1979, p. 34
- International Asbestos Mining Industry—1979 Review Dec. 1979, p. 4
Cited on this site
- amphibole hypothesis
- Apparatus and method for refining asbestos dispersions (US Patent 4,126,541, 1978)
- Asbestos treatment with metal tungstates (US Patent 4,168,346, 1979)
- Atlas Turner
- Brine electrolysis using bonded asbestos diaphragms (US Patent 4,142,951, 1979)
- Durabla Manufacturing Company
- Flame resistant, heat insulative foamed polyphenylenes (US Patent 4,152,494, 1979)
- Friction material (US Patent 4,125,496, 1978)
- Friction material for railroad disc brakes (US Patent 4,111,891, 1978)
- Koppers Company
- Method for forming solid friction material structures (US Patent 4,138,463, 1979)
- Method for manufacturing a friction material of the resin mold type (US Patent 4,146,527, 1979)
- Molded gypsum product and process for preparing the same (US Patent 4,127,628, 1978)
- Packaging asbestos fibers (US Patent 4,111,113, 1978)
- Philip Carey Manufacturing Company
- Process for preparing cement product (US Patent 4,152,168, 1979)
- Process of producing fiber-reinforced hardened body of gypsum system (US Patent 4,146,402, 1979)
- Recording material containing asbestos (US Patent 4,131,710, 1978)
- Reinforced conglomerates for the construction or building industry and process for preparing the same (US Patent 4,132,556, 1979)
- Sealing wells (US Patent 4,110,225, 1978)
- Selikoff Studies
- Shapeable insulating material for use with molten aluminum (US Patent 4,150,189, 1979)
- Silane coated silicate minerals and method for preparing same (US Patent 4,137,367, 1979)
- Sulfur composition (US Patent 4,129,453, 1978)
- Waste asbestos recovery from production of asbestos products (US Patent 4,131,661, 1978)
Cite this document
“Asbestos Magazine, 1979.” 1979. Asbestos, Volumes 60–61. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/magazine/asbestos-magazine-1979.
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Products this document describes
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H. K. Porter: Cleangard · Weldgard
Johns-Manville: Railroad Brake Shoes
Nuturn: Grizzly
Southern Asbestos Co.: Gardian Line
Southern Textile Corp.: Weldgard (Southern Textile)
Mines this document describes
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- Abitibi Asbestos Mining Ltd. property, Maizerets Township, Quebec
- Advocate Mines, Burlington Peninsula, Newfoundland
- Amiandos mine, Cyprus
- Asbestos Corp. operations, Thetford Mines area, Quebec
- Asbestos Hill, south of Deception Bay, Ungava area, Quebec
- Bajenova district, Bajenova district, about 90 km northeast of Sverdlovsk, Russia
- Balangero mine, Balangero, about 20 km north of Turin, Piedmont
- Bell Asbestos mine, Thetford Mines, Quebec
- Belvidere Mountain quarry, Hyde Park / Eden, Vermont
- Bosansko Petrovo Selo mine, Bosnia-Hercegovina
- Bretby mine, Kuruman area, Cape Province
- British Canadian mine, Black Lake, Quebec
- Carey Canadian Mines, East Broughton, Quebec
- Cassiar mine, British Columbia
- Clinton Creek property, northwest of Dawson, Yukon
- Concepcion Papalo mine and mill, Cuicatlan (printed "Quicatlan") District, 100 km northwest of Oaxaca, Oaxaca
- Dublin Consolidated amosite facility, near Pietersburg, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal
- Dzhetygara deposit, Zhitikara, Kazakhstan
- Elcor mines, Kuruman area, Cape Province
- Emmarentia mine, South Africa
- Gefco Kuruman mine, Cape Province
- Havelock mine, about 12 miles south-southeast of Barberton, Eswatini
- Hippy mine, Micaville, North Carolina
- Jaquays, Globe district, Arizona
- Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec
- Kiembai deposit, Kiembay, Orenburg Oblast
- King Beaver mine, Thetford Mines, Quebec
- Klipfontein mine and mill, Klipfontein, Postmasburg District, Cape Province
- Koegas, Cape Province
- Kudu mine, Essexvale Estate, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
- Kutcho Creek deposit, British Columbia
- Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Black Lake, Quebec
- Las Brisas property, Antioquia
- Lili property, Cleveland Township, Quebec
- Mavita mine, south of Vila Manica near the Rhodesian border, Mozambique
- McKenzie Bay discovery, McKenzie Bay, Roy Township, Quebec
- Msauli mine, adjacent to the Havelock, Transvaal
- Normandie mine, Quebec
- Ouplaas mines, farm Ouplaas, Danielskuil District, Cape Province
- Penge mine, Transvaal
- Penghsien mine, fairly close to Shihmien, Szechwan
- Pomfret mine, South Africa
- Rex property, Haines Junction, Yukon
- Roberge Lake property, Roberge Lake, McCorkill Township, near Chibougamau, Quebec
- Shabani mine, Zimbabwe
- Tuva deposits, Tuva
- United Asbestos mine, Midlothian Township, Ontario
- Wandrag mine, Kuruman District, Cape Province
- Woodsreef mine, near Barraba, New South Wales
- Zidani asbestos mine, Zidani, Kozani, Greece
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.
- Atlas Asbestos Company, Montreal plant at Montreal, Quebec
- Lupel-Amiante (SNA, Papiers Cascades, Domco Industries) plant at Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec
- TAC Construction Materials Ltd. plant at Erith, United Kingdom
- TAC Construction Materials Ltd. plant at Tamworth, United Kingdom
- Turner & Newall and later owners plant at Widnes, Lancashire
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