San Juan Record | 1934-11-08 | Page 2 | Asbestos a Necessity in Auto Manufacturing

asbestos a necessity in auto manufacturing the united states Is the worlds largest source of manufactured asbestos products but it Is one of the smallest producers of raw asbestos asbestos as the consumer sees it often resembles a textile because it can be twisted into cord and woven into fabric but it Is a mineral nevertheless erth eless which can be mined la in mud much the same manner as coal and iron says a bulletin from the washington headquarters of the national geographic society asbestos was used by tile the ancients they discovered that it would not burn so they used it for lamp wicks when it was discovered that the mineral could be made into yarn and woven it acquired numerous uses today motorists use more asbestos than any other group of consumers asbestos faced automobile clutches help to put motor cars into motion and asbestos brake linings stop them if all the brake lining produced in the united states in a year were made into a continuous ribbon it ft would span the country between new york and san francisco Franc isep about ten rimes