asbestite
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]asbestite (uncountable)
- A synthetic insulating material similar to bronzite.
- 1883, Lawrence Saunders, editor, The Railway Engineer, a Monthly Review, Theoretical and Practical, volume IV, The Railway Printing and Publishing Company (Limited), […], London, E.C., page 128:
- This company also exhibits fine specimens of Asbestite (the new insulating material), asbestos varnish, paint, millboard, paper, cloth, tape, and a variety of other articles at once useful and interesting.
- 1911, Stephen Graham, A Vagabond in the Caucasus: With Some Notes of His Experiences Among the Russians, page 192:
- Handsome copper and silver ore and delicious-looking asbestite are to be found with scarcely straying from the road.
- 1967, “The Electric Light Exhibition, Westminster Aquarium”, in Stal in English, page 465:
- When asbestite was sprinkled on the meniscus of a 14 ton ingot, the molten portion of the surface of the ingot was preserved for a prolonged period and this defect was was eliminated when asbestite was added at the rate of 1·5–2·0 kg/ton.