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A reprint from the United Roofer, journal of the United Roofing Contractors' Association, of a popular account of asbestos by Dr. Oliver Bowles of the U.S. Bureau of Mines. Bowles describes chrysotile, crocidolite, amosite, anthophyllite and tremolite, the ancient history of asbestos, world sources (Quebec, Rhodesia, South Africa, USSR, Cyprus, and the Eden, Vermont and Arizona mines), mining and milling methods and fiber grades, and uses including asbestos-cement shingles, siding, pipe, millboard, paper and brake linings. It stresses US dependence on imported fiber.
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- United Roofing Contractor's Association
- Date
- c. 1940
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 21243 · asbestosclaims.law/library/21243
- Rights
- US government work, in the public domain.
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“Asbestos: Silk of the Mineral Kingdom (c. 1940).” c. 1940. United Roofing Contractor's Association. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 21243. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/21243.
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