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Scientific American, Vol. 34, No. 17 (April 1876) (1876)

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ong the ancientswas confined to the manufacture of an incombustible clothin which the bodies of the dead were cremated, and of nap-kins which were cleansed by throwing them in the fire. Wefind record of its employment as lampwick and for fireproof [April 22, 1876. containing asbestos, but through… … A PINE PIECE OP ASBESTOS.waterproof composition into which asbestos enters. C is acanvas, and M a manilla lining. These materials are com-pressed to a sheet resembling leather, about one tenth inchin thickness, and produced in continuous rolls about 40 inch-

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