But asbestosand hallucination are out of the question in the cases which I am about to quote.
Home is familiar, and I understand that Mr. Podmore can only explain it away by an hypothesis of a trick played in a bad light, by means of an asbestos glove or some such transparent trick.
Asbestos lining prevents any charring of the hair felt.
The armature is made by taking a pulley and encircling it with a rim of sheet-iron bands, each insulated from the other by asbestos paper.
There a is the pulley which is keyed to the shaft of the machine, and is encircled with bands of sheet iron, b, insulated from each other by ribbons of asbestos paper laid between every two bands.
The term asbestoscovers all fibrous minerals with some tensile strength which are poor conductors and can be used for heat-protection.
Crocidolite or blue asbestos is similar to chrysotile but somewhat inferior in fire-resisting qualities.
Chrysotile is the most common, and because of the length, fineness, and flexibility of its fibers, enabling it to be spun into asbestos ropes and fabrics, it is the most valuable.
In Quebec the chrysotile asbestos (which is partly of spinning and partly of non-spinning grade) forms irregular veins of this nature in serpentine, the fiber making up 2 to 6 per cent of the rock.
The United States is the largest manufacturer of asbestos goods, and exports go to nearly all parts of the world.
The asbestos of Italy and Cyprus is anthophyllite, more like the Georgia material.
Asbestos deposits occur chiefly as veinlets in serpentine rock, which is itself the alteration of some earlier rock like peridotite.
The largest producers of asbestos are Canada (Quebec) and, to a considerably less extent, Russia.
The piece of ancient asbestos cloth preserved in the Vatican was formed, we believe, by mixing the asbestos with other fibrous substances; but M.
The layer of asbestos was between two and three feet in length and the air after having traversed it no longer contained any white fumes.
The U tubes were filled with moistened asbestos which had been previously ignited.
From the asbestos tube the air passed into a solution of clear baryta water.
Toope's Felt and Asbestos Covering for Steam Pipes and other surfaces, illustrated on page 357, present volume, received a Medal of Excellence at the late American Institute Fair.
Made from pure Italian Asbestos in fiber mill board and round packing.
The use of Asbestos in these and other materials for structural and mechanical purposes is patented, and the genuine are manufactured only by the H.
When the lead has had a chance to cool, the asbestos runner is taken off.
Asbestos air cell covering is employed to cover hot-water circulating pipes.
It is lined with asbestos paper and covered with a cloth jacket.
Then a joint runner, which is an asbestos rope about 2 feet long and about 1 inch in diameter, is fitted around the pipe and forced against the hub where it is clamped by means of an attached clamp.
This channel allows the hot lead to run between the asbestos runner and the hub.
The mineral asbestos is but a very poor packing material in steam-boilers.
When the mixture gets thick and creamy, allow it to cook, with an asbestos mat under the pan, for five minutes.
The extra strain on the floor due to tilting back a chair and thus throwing all the weight on two points was taken into consideration in planning the asbestos and the reinforcement by the steel channels.
In the lower part of the figure is seen the asbestos board for the bottom of the calorimeter and underneath this a sheet of zinc.
The asbestos lumber used for these outer panels is 6.
Surrounding the calorimeter are the asbestos outside and hair-felt lining.
A small piece of brass or iron tubing, cut to the proper length, is slipped over this rod and the asbestos lumber held in position by a hexagonal nut with washer on the threaded rod E.
A sheet of asbestos lumber beneath the copper bottom likewise serves this purpose and also serves to give a solid foundation for the floor.
Both the front and back lower channels upon which the bottom rests are extended so as to provide for supports for the outer walls of asbestos wood, which serve to insulate the calorimeter.
The positions of the food-aperture and wire mat and asbestos support are seen.
On top of these is placed a sheet of so-called asbestoslumber (J', fig.
After seeing that the electrical connections can not in any way become short-circuited on either the metal chamber or metal pipes, the asbestos cover is put in place.
Roofing tile and asbestos shingles make excellent roofs, and are very sightly, but their use demands a different treatment of the roof framing, and an experienced workman to make a satisfactory job.
Wood may be used for the rafters and ceiling, the roof being covered with metal, tile, or asbestos roofing, and the inside ceiling plastered.
Inwardly I was not so comfortable, for Delavoye had not confined his hints to an excuse for entry, made the more convincing by the evil record of the asbestos stove.
But Uvo rolled the scrap of paper into a pellet, which he flung among the lumps of asbestos glowing in his grate, and took the outstretched hand in his.
And he shuddered into the chair nearest the glowing lumps of white asbestos licked by thin blue flames.
It was more like the thin blue waves that washed over the rocks of whiteasbestos in so many of our tenants' grates.
Two of the asbestos pieces are used to make one-half of the pad.
Asbestos board is to be preferred, and this material in almost any degree of hardness may be purchased.
If the cover of the pail has no rim, it may be fastened to the asbestos and clay lining by punching a few holes, passing wire nails through and clinching them.
Home-Made Asbestos Table Pads [212] Asbestos table pads to prevent the marring of polished table tops from heated dishes can be easily made at home much cheaper than they can be bought.
To make a flash with this lamp fill the little cup in the center with flash powder and moisten the asbestos ring with alcohol.
Wrap a layer ofasbestos around it and cover this with a thin layer of plaster-of-paris.
When through with the lamp place the cover over it, pushing the asbestos ring down inside the box.
The wires at the top and bottom for holding the resistance wire are covered with asbestos paper and the holes for these wires are 3/4 in.
Wrap the ring at the top of the spiral piece of wire all the way [Illustration: Made from a Tin Salve Box ] around with the strip of asbestos paper, wrapping them together over and over until the entire ring is covered.
If asbestos is used, the sheets should be cut into disks having the same diameter as the inside of the collar, and holes cut to coincide with the holes D and A of the plate.
A line of machine stitching is made all around the outside and through the middle [Illustration: Pads Made of Asbestos] between where the edges of the asbestos sheets join together.
The framework comprising the base and the two uprights may be made either of hardwood or asbestos board, says Popular Electricity.
This can be done by wrapping a wet piece of cloth or asbestos around the middle and holding it in the jaws of a pair of tongs which will only leave the end uncovered and projecting from the tongs about 1/2 in.
Caution: Aluminum soap may be formed) beaker or casserole and heat on a heavy asbestos board over burner or hot plate, taking care that the temperature of the sample does not go above 130deg.
In this case the Gooch crucible should be prepared with an ignited asbestos mat so that the impurities may be ashed directly after being weighed.
Heat over a low flame or over an asbestos plate until the soap thus formed is dry, constantly stirring the contents of the dish to prevent burning.
It may be set up horizontally or vertically and is covered with an asbestos jacket to retain the heat.
The mass is concentrated by heat over an asbestos plate until a slight film forms over it.
This can be readily made by dissolving pure sodium hydroxide in its own weight of water (preferably water free from carbon dioxide) and allowing to settle until clear, or filtering through an asbestos or paper filter.
Strips of asbestosmillboard are placed on a shelf half way up the oven.
Wire gauze, canvas, and asbestos cloth resist a few centimeters of water.
The interior electrode is placed in an asbestos cloth bag, which is closed below and tied at its upper part.
The framework is solid and the body is made of thin slats placed so that the slat on either side covers the open space of the other with asbestos roofing fabric in between.
Cobb turned some alcohol into the asbestos lining of the heater, and soon a bright and cheerful fire made the room quite comfortable.
The flask of alcohol is broken, its contents saturating the asbestos feeder, while a current heating to a white heat the platinum strip, starts the fire.
In the box which had been brought out and placed upon the table was a large Maltese cat, lying upon its side on an asbestos pillow.
Oil was found in the sealed bottles, and put into the stove, whose asbestos wick would still perform its functions.
We had visited the asbestos claims, where the edge of a blanket formation of the rock known as serpentine, containing the asbestos, lay exposed to view, twisting around the head of narrow canyons, and under beetling cliffs.
Theed had arrived for me by that time, so after your second visit he assisted me to take out the asbestossheet and rejoin the conductor with the copper cable.
This I at once concealed beneath the bush, while I placed a strip of asbestos cloth against the wall beneath each of the loose ends of the copper conductor, the latter holding the protective cloth in position upon the wall.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "asbestos" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
