Author: United States. Mines Bureau
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
1950 Materials Survey, Asbestos, February 1952
Author: United States. Mines Bureau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Materials Survey, Asbestos, 1950
Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
Publisher:
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Category : Asbestos
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asbestos
Languages : en
Pages : 174
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Materials Survey
Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asbestos
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asbestos
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Materials Survey
Author:
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Category : Lead industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category : Lead industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1360
Book Description
February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index.
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1360
Book Description
February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index.
Asbestos and Fire
Author: Rachel Maines
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813570239
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
For much of the industrial era, asbestos was a widely acclaimed benchmark material. During its heyday, it was manufactured into nearly three thousand different products, most of which protected life and property from heat, flame, and electricity. It was used in virtually every industry from hotel keeping to military technology to chemical manufacturing, and was integral to building construction from shacks to skyscrapers in every community across the United States. Beginning in the mid-1960s, however, this once popular mineral began a rapid fall from grace as growing attention to the serious health risks associated with it began to overshadow the protections and benefits it provided. In this thought-provoking and controversial book, Rachel Maines challenges the recent vilification of asbestos by providing a historical perspective on Americans’ changing perceptions about risk. She suggests that the very success of asbestos and other fire-prevention technologies in containing deadly blazes has led to a sort of historical amnesia about the very risks they were supposed to reduce. Asbestos and Fire is not only the most thoroughly researched and balanced look at the history of asbestos, it is also an important contribution to a larger debate that considers how the risks of technological solutions should be evaluated. As technology offers us ever-increasing opportunities to protect and prevent, Maines urges that learning to accept and effectively address the unintended consequences of technological innovations is a growing part of our collective responsibility.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813570239
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
For much of the industrial era, asbestos was a widely acclaimed benchmark material. During its heyday, it was manufactured into nearly three thousand different products, most of which protected life and property from heat, flame, and electricity. It was used in virtually every industry from hotel keeping to military technology to chemical manufacturing, and was integral to building construction from shacks to skyscrapers in every community across the United States. Beginning in the mid-1960s, however, this once popular mineral began a rapid fall from grace as growing attention to the serious health risks associated with it began to overshadow the protections and benefits it provided. In this thought-provoking and controversial book, Rachel Maines challenges the recent vilification of asbestos by providing a historical perspective on Americans’ changing perceptions about risk. She suggests that the very success of asbestos and other fire-prevention technologies in containing deadly blazes has led to a sort of historical amnesia about the very risks they were supposed to reduce. Asbestos and Fire is not only the most thoroughly researched and balanced look at the history of asbestos, it is also an important contribution to a larger debate that considers how the risks of technological solutions should be evaluated. As technology offers us ever-increasing opportunities to protect and prevent, Maines urges that learning to accept and effectively address the unintended consequences of technological innovations is a growing part of our collective responsibility.
Geological Survey Bulletin
Author:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Bibliography of North American Geology
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
1785/1918 includes material issued previously in the annual Bibliography of North America geology, and in cumulative volumes issued by N. H. Darton and F. B. Weeks. 1919/28 cumulation includes material previously issued in the 1919/20-1935/36 issues and also material not published separately for 1927/28. 1929/39 cumulation includes material previously issued in the 1929/30-1935/36 issues and also material for 1937-39 not published separately.
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
1785/1918 includes material issued previously in the annual Bibliography of North America geology, and in cumulative volumes issued by N. H. Darton and F. B. Weeks. 1919/28 cumulation includes material previously issued in the 1919/20-1935/36 issues and also material not published separately for 1927/28. 1929/39 cumulation includes material previously issued in the 1929/30-1935/36 issues and also material for 1937-39 not published separately.
Bibliography of North American Geology
Author:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
1919/28 cumulation includes material previously issued in the 1919/20-1935/36 issues and also material not published separately for 1927/28. 1929/39 cumulation includes material previously issued in the 1929/30-1935/36 issues and also material for 1937-39 not published separately.
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
1919/28 cumulation includes material previously issued in the 1919/20-1935/36 issues and also material not published separately for 1927/28. 1929/39 cumulation includes material previously issued in the 1929/30-1935/36 issues and also material for 1937-39 not published separately.
Handbook of Asbestos Textiles
Author: Asbestos Textile Institute
Publisher:
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Category : Asbestos
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Asbestos
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description