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)
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- 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.
Other paper, felt and millboard by Johns-Manville (89)
Min-k · Doublex · Thermomat · Firetard · Vitribestos · Microbestos · Min-klad · Niagarite · Niagrite · No. 50 · Non Burn Asbestos Paper · Non-burn Asb Paper · Pan-o-cel · Paperbestos · Quinorgo · Quinorogo 6000 · Quinorogoboard · Quinterra · Quintex (I, II, ST) · Roofinsul · and 69 more on the company's page
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (210)
Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · No. 45 Fiberock (Philip Carey) · No. 55 Fiberock (Philip Carey) · Noramite (Cape Asbestos) · Noramite (North American Asbestos) · Nordeskafilt (Nordesk A Moskinfilt Aktiebologet) · Norriscell (Nicolet) · Nu-wrap Non-sweat (Nicolet) · Old Hickory (Industrial Gloves Company) · Permatherm (Chase-Foster) · Pipe Line Felt 15 (Nicolet) · Plisulate (Plibrico Jointless Firebrick) · Polybes (Sun Chemical) · Porterlag (H. K. Porter) · Portersite (H. K. Porter) · Prenite (B.F. Goodrich) · and 190 more: all paper, felt and millboard
See also
- Johns-Manville: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Johns-Manville on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- J-M Products and Their Uses (January 1, 1915), p. 32.
- Johns-Manville Service to Railroads (January 1, 1923), p. 97.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 96. Not yet published in our library.
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