From the Smithsonian, an article on asbestos use in wall murals at monasteries.
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Photos and Story of Old Asbestos Theater Curtain in Prescott, Arizona
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Asbestos Cement Bombs – Really !! Enjoy Celebrating Independence Day for Our Great Nation !!!
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On this our nation’s anniversary of its independence, you may find interesting/amazing a Pravda article on 1940s era use of cement bombs made from asbestos cement. And, by the way, this post was written long ago but set to post today. http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/87/344/10033_concrete.html
Soviet Invention of the 1940s: Concrete Bombs
20.05.2003 Source: URL: http://english.pravda.ru/russia/2851-concrete-0
Although the…
Did Asbestos Fibers and Earthquakes Help Start Life on Earth ??
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New Scientist has a brief new online article that poses the question as it builds from an article in a journal titled Astrobiology. The abstract is below for the Astrobiology article that summarizes an experiment testing the hypothesis. ( I love to scuba dive with my two daughters but I’ll bet these fissures are too…
Asbestos & the Media – Korea
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One factor behind asbestos litigation is the amount of media attention focused on asbestos. Accordingly, it’s telling to see the increasing media attention around the globe. A current example arises as the Korean media focuses attention on products with talc that may or may not contain asbestos fibers. A Korea Times article of April 5 …
Old Baseball Gloves and Football Helmets with Asbestos Linings – Ebay
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Here is an article by an Ebay trader showing pictures of old baseball gloves, and really old football helmets (think Red Grange style helmets) lined with asbestos to provide padding. These are just two of the many uses of asbestos as a textile.
Why, you might wonder, is an Ebay trader writing about asbestos. It’s…
Asbestos Cloth Used in 1907 Time Capsule
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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…