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Robert H. Jones's 1890 London book on asbestos, with eight collotype plates and other illustrations. It covers the varieties of asbestos (Italian amphibole asbestos, Canadian chrysotile, African crocidolite), world sources, the Italian mines, the Thetford, Black Lake and other Quebec mines with their output, costs and wages, and uses in packings, boiler coverings, fire-felt, cements, theatre curtains, fireproof clothing, military and electrical work. It also has chapters on substitutes such as slag wool and on fibre spinning.
- Author
- Robert, H Jones
- Published by
- Crosby Lockwood and Son, London
- Date
- 1890
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 21248 · asbestosclaims.law/library/21248
- Rights
- Published in 1930 or earlier; in the public domain in the United States.
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Robert, H Jones. “Asbestos: Its Properties, Occurrence, and Uses, with Some Account of the Mines of Italy and Canada.” 1890. Crosby Lockwood and Son, London. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 21248. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/21248.
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