Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1914 — Waterproof Asbestos. [ARTICLE]

Waterproof Asbestos.

According to a German publication a firm in Munich has succeeded in ar tlficially rendering asbestos waterproof, and has put upon the market this new kind of asbestos under the title oi asbestos slates, which are thus described: “These asbestos slates It 1b claimed are as hard and as strong aB the natural slates, and can therefore be laid on wall or roof constructions without any wooden lathg being necessary. They are very easily worked, and can be bored, aalled and cut just like wood, without any danger of splitting. They form a fireprbof covering for Inside and outside work of all kinds, evpn for electrical purposes; are of great use in building railway carriages as insulating material under the seats; for use in postal telegraphic work for insulating the switches and for covering Iron and wooden constructions; for use as fireproof doors for closing off single rooms in stores, warehouses, etc.; for lining wooden doors, and for covering walls and ceilings of all kinds so as to protect them frqm fire, heat, cold, dampness, disease, germs and vermin.”