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Nycinsul (Johns-Manville)

Documents in our library describe Nycinsul (Johns-Manville) as “hair felt stitched between two layers of specially prepared fireproof membrane; more board-like; 1/4- and 1/2-inch”.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

Every statement about Nycinsul (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.

J-M Products and Their Uses

  • Description: “hair felt stitched between two layers of specially prepared fireproof membrane; more board-like; 1/4- and 1/2-inch”, p. 321

Johns-Manville Service to Railroads (1923)

  • Use: “for steel passenger car insulation; used by a number of railroads and on earlier Pullman equipment”, p. 972
  • Description: “similar in construction to Carinsul, but not quite so rigid; 1/4" and 1/2" sheets 36"x72" or 48"x72"”, p. 972
  • Description: “railroad passenger car insulations”, p. 963

Kind of product

We list Nycinsul (Johns-Manville) with paper, felt and millboard, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

See also

References

  1. J-M Products and Their Uses (January 1, 1915), p. 32.
  2. Johns-Manville Service to Railroads (January 1, 1923), p. 97.
  3. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 96. Not yet published in our library.

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