THE USEFUL ASBESTOS.
The word asbestos comes from an ancient (ireek word meaning unquenchable, and the valuable mineral of this name ia so called from its nro.it power of resisting heat. It in curiously silky and fibrous in appearance and is obtained usually by crushing from certain rocks, the Canadian province of (Quebec yielding by far the largest supply. Owing to its fibrous nature it can easily be woven into cloth or canvas, some of itx chief uses being as a covering for machinery and for fireproof gloves and clothes for furnace-men. In its unwoven state it is used Rβ lire-proof putty, notably in gas fires. Asbestos was mined in Italy and Corsica in early times, and it is said that Charlemagne had an asbestos tablecloth which was cleaned by being thrown into the tire.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 32, 8 February 1939, Page 20
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135THE USEFUL ASBESTOS. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 32, 8 February 1939, Page 20
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