Project Gutenberg 2011-01-30 Public domain in the USA. 227 Jones, Robert H. Asbestos, Its production and use With some account of the asbestos mines of Canada Produced by Barbara Kosker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Asbestos, Its Production and Use" by Robert H. Jones is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The book delves into the properties, production processes, and various applications of asbestos, particularly focusing on the asbestos mines in Canada and Italy. The text aims to provide authentic information on this mineral, which was gaining significant commercial interest during this time. The opening of the publication introduces the topic of asbestos, describing its unique properties and historical uses. Jones notes how asbestos became increasingly recognized for its value in industrial applications and details his journey of compiling information, which originally stemmed from letters written to a friend in London. He discusses the mining practices, geographical distribution, and gradations of asbestos, comparing the Canadian and Italian varieties while highlighting the growing demand and future potential of this remarkable mineral. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Asbestos Asbestos mines and mining -- Québec (Province) HD TN Text Technology Browsing: Engineering & Construction Browsing: Environmental Issues Browsing: Science - General 187408 185394 2024-09-15T04:00:06.393998 2023-09-15T09:48:19.859620 text/html text/html 182003 2021-01-07T11:39:39 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 87530 2021-01-07T11:39:39 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 143415 2024-09-15T04:00:11.768926 application/epub+zip 145225 2024-09-15T04:00:08.105004 application/epub+zip 124737 2024-09-15T04:00:07.101953 application/epub+zip 263647 2024-09-15T04:00:14.442958 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 241943 2024-09-15T04:00:10.960995 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 242391 2022-09-16T07:05:16.087432 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 157053 2024-09-15T04:00:05.894029 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 156546 2021-01-07T11:39:39 text/plain; charset=utf-8 58431 2021-01-07T11:39:39 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 156842 2021-01-07T11:39:39 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 58388 2021-01-07T11:39:39 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 156858 2021-01-07T11:39:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 58312 2021-01-07T11:39:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21884 2024-09-15T04:00:14.627926 application/rdf+xml 12844 2024-09-15T04:00:07.452950 image/jpeg 3018 2024-09-15T04:00:07.276003 image/jpeg 144521 2024-09-15T04:00:06.411976 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog