Out-of-print, hard-to-find hardcover book with over 1000 pages from the Macalaster Bicknell Company of New York, Inc. from Syracuse, NY.  Catalog is dated 1977.

Asbestos References:

Offered in this book are several products containing asbestos.  Some of these items include the following:

Asbestos Fibre - washed for use with Gooch crucibles, per pound.

Asbestos Board (Millboard); Asbestos Board, Cloth, Cord, Asbestos Fibre, Gloves, Mittens, Pads, Paper, and Tape.

Labconco cabinets were available with Colorlith tops.

Macalaster lab furniture came with the option of Colorlith or Colorceran counter tops.  Although not stated in this catalog these two tops are proprietary products of Johns-Manville that were composed of asbestos fiber and cement.

Duplex and Single Electric Heaters – used asbestos fiber insulation or a cement asbestos base.

Electric Micro Kjeldahl Digestor/Digestion Rack- made of electrobestos/Marinite shelf construction. Marinite was a J-M product composed of asbestos cement.

Blue M Magni-whirl Utility Oil Bath - transite insulation on the bottom.

Precision-Thelco Gravity Convection Drying Oven - “Walls are built of 1/4” thick transite.

Grieve Gravity Convection Oven – made with ample asbestos insulation.

 Labline Radiant Heat Laboratory Oven -  Marinite between inner and outer walls

Labline Forced Draft Laboratory Oven - Marinite heat barrier breaks metal contact and prevents heat induction 

Gravity, Blue M, Single Wall Ovens used a 3/8 inch transite wall. (Note: Transite is a form of asbestos board)

Single Wall Large Capacity Oven – made with ½” thick asbestos marinite walls.

Electric Drying Oven Thermostatic Control - made with an outside hard asbestos sheathing.

Electric Drying Oven Thermostatic Control Double Door - used an asbestos gasket.

Flash & Fire Test Apparatus - made with an asbestos slab.

Improved Army Medical Type Hot Air Sterilizer – made with an asbestos gasket door seal and exterior of hard asbestos.

Blue M Magni-Whirl Water Baths - were made with 1" of asbestocel insulation.

Boekel Water Baths - space between walls was packed with aircell asbestos for minimum heat loss.

There are possibly more references but these were some of the ones I found looking briefly through the book.

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Book Condition:

The book is in GOOD condition!!  The book has normal wear from use.  There are no locations of writing, underlining or highlighting of the text that I could find from a cursory review.  Binding is tight & square with no loose pages. The pages have some browning due to age.   It's still a good used book with plenty of life left in it!! 

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