Excerpt from Asbestos, Its Properties, Occurrence Uses: With Some Account of the Mines of Italy and Canada Some three years ago the writer of the following pages issued, in pamphlet form, a short account Of the Canadian Asbestos Mines, appending thereto a few pages descriptive of the more important uses to which asbestos was found applicable. Taking a keen interest in the subject, and believing that, in the near future, there would be few branches Of practical mechanics, Of art or Of industry, in which asbestos would not find a place, he has carefully noted the new uses which are continually suggested, and the processes Of manufacture which are from time to time devised for its further utilisation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.