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Featherweight (Waite Wilde Asbestos Co. of Framingham, MA)

Documents in our library describe Featherweight (Waite Wilde Asbestos Co. of Framingham, MA) as “"featherweight" blue or white asbestos mattress insulation”.1 It was rated for temperatures up to 392 °F.2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

Every statement about Featherweight (Waite Wilde Asbestos Co. of Framingham, MA) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Asbestos Magazine, 1921, August 1921

  • Description: “"Featherweight" BLUE or WHITE Asbestos Mattress Insulation”, p. 231
  • Asbestos fiber: “BLUE or WHITE Asbestos”, p. 231
  • Use: “for Tanks, Boilers, Economisers, Cylinder Tops, etc.”, p. 231

Asbestos Magazine, 1923, January 1923

  • Use: “approved the use of these mats for the covering of sulphite digestors”, said by Underwriters' Laboratories, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 322
  • Asbestos fiber: “removable blue asbestos mattress coverings”, p. 322
  • Temperature limit: “Exposure to a temperature of 200° C. (392°F.) for a period of 48 hours showed no injury.”, said by Underwriters' Laboratories, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 352
  • Description: “blue asbestos mattress coverings for sulfite digestors” (as of 1923), p. 753

References

  1. Asbestos Magazine, 1921, August 1921 (August 1, 1921), p. 23.
  2. Asbestos Magazine, 1923, January 1923 (January 1, 1923), pp. 32, 35.
  3. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 75. Not yet published in our library.

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