Asbestos Cloth Used in 1907 Time Capsule

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Kirk Hartley

Another unique asbestos use popped up this morning - asbestos cloth (a common thing) but this time used to wrap around and preserve old wax records placed into a lead and iron time capsule created in 1907 for the Paris Opera by the promotion-minded developer of the wax record recordngs systems. The NYT article is here.

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