Asbestos Rope
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A short 1884 note from The Manufacturer and Builder on the prospects of making rope from asbestos in England. It gives the rope's strength relative to hemp (about one-fourth), the breaking strength and weight of a 1¼-inch rope, and its proposed uses in theaters, fire brigades and building escapes. It states the rope is made like ordinary rope from Italian asbestos thread.
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- Article
- Date
- 1884
- Language
- English
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- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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