[DOC] [TLE] The History of Asbestos - Importing, Exporting & Worldwide Use [PAR] Sep 8, 2016 ... Although asbestos dates back to prehistoric times, the mineral came into ... 
ancient Romans were said to have woven asbestos fibers into a cloth-like 
material ... By the end of the first millennium, cremation cloths, mats and wicks for 
... In 1896, the first asbestos brake linings for new horseless carriages were... [DOC] [TLE] Copyright  2003, The Geological Society of America, Inc [PAR] Ross, M., and Nolan, R.P., 2003, History of asbestos discovery and use and ... 
long as 5,000 years ago, for manufacture of cremation cloths, lamp wicks, hats, 
and shoes. ... lining, is reported among residents of villages located within or 
near ophiolite com- .... Roman times). Pliny ... The silky mineral fibers were 
woven into. [DOC] [TLE] Asbestos Fiber | Manufacturing Process of Asbestos | History of ... [PAR] Asbestos is a nonmetallic mineral fiber, which is nonflammable. The fiber is 
woven into fabrics and used for theater curtains and industrial uses where ... The 
Romans made cremation cloths and wicks from it, and centuries later Marco Polo 
... and caulking compounds and paints, and in friction products such as brake 
linings. [DOC] [TLE] asbestos facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] When the Roman naturalist and statesman Pliny the Elder wrote his 
comprehensive ... Automobile brake linings and clutch facings also used large 
amounts of ... Only about 8% of chrysotile fibers are long enough to be spun into 
fabric or rope. ... Asbestos fibers are formed by the gradual growth of mineral 
crystals in cracks,... [DOC] [TLE] Earliest known facts about asbestos - Asbestos and Libby Health ... [PAR] It is said that the Romans cleaned asbestos napkins by throwing them into a fire. 
... a vein of quartz hoping to discover gold but instead discovered vermiculite 
mineral. ... data from T&N's Armley factory, referenced T&N's use of dust 
extractors in the late 1920's. ..... First verdict against an asbestos brake lining 
manufacturer. [DOC] [TLE] History - asbestosfocus.co.uk [PAR] Asbestos is an old material, first used by humans in the Neolithic age as a ... 
around 300 B.C. The Greeks and Romans not only noted that asbestos had ... 
Asbestos was woven into cloth linings for suits of armour, asbestos paper was 
used for ... In cars, the magical mineral was used in brake pads and shoes, and in 
clutch... [DOC] [TLE] Asbestos types - Instituto Mexicano de Fibroindustrias AC [PAR] Later on, in Rome, it was known as" Amiantus meaning immaculate , this name 
was ... The Romans wove robes to use during the cremation of their corpses, in 
order to ... he cleaned and bleached it, simply by entering the tablecloth into the 
fire. ... in the manufacture of automotive brake discs and pads, thermal and 
acoustic... [DOC] [TLE] the asbestos industry - the burlington hill truth 2013 [PAR] will, it is believed, satisfy a demand for current information on a mineral .... 
Imports of chrysotile asbestos into the United States from Southern Rhodesia, ... 
steam packings and friction materials, such as brakeband linings on .... later 
paragraph, is used for the brous form of ..... this locality that was carded and 
woven into. [DOC] [TLE] Asbestos Diseases | The Law Office of Jeffrey S Mutnick [PAR] Asbestos is not dangerous in its inert form, which is a rock-like mineral. ... both 
reported a sickness of the lungs in the slaves that wove asbestos into cloth. ... of 
the vestal virgins, cloth for the funeral dress used at the cremation of kings, and ... 
The Romans would clean asbestos napkins by throwing them into a fire, and the
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Romans used asbestos to make cremation cloths and lamp wicks and in the 
Middle Ages ... By the mid and late 1930s the first associations with lung cancer 
were documented. ... putty; caulk; gaskets; brake pads and shoes; clutch plates; 
stage curtains... [DOC] [TLE] Industrial Asbestos Abatement Services

Question: The Romans wove this mineral into cremation cloth; later it was used in brake linings
Answer: asbestos