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Asbestos now used widely in fireproof building materials
The article traces asbestos history from ancient fireproof wrappings to modern uses in homes and industry. It highlights mining sources in Georgia Vermont and Arizona, value and supply figures, and describes new products like Resistocrete a nonconductive, highly resilient building material with broad applications from pipes to ships and blast furnace linings.
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Ellen Mantel
Rman
Sonny
Switzerland
Canada
London
United States
Georgia
Vermont
Grard Canon
Arizona
Froct
Grand Canon
Caron
Robert KE. Brand
A. G. Harris
Wyoming
Logal
Arthur G. Harris
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Comany
Union Pacific
Resistocrete
Resistocrete Company
International Asbestos Mills & Power Company
International Mills
Wyoming Consolidated and North American