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- uncountableA synthetic insulating material similar to bronzite.
Handsome copper and silver ore and delicious-looking asbestite are to be found with scarcely straying from the road.
1911, Stephen Graham, A Vagabond in the Caucasus: With Some Notes of His Experiences Among the Russians, page 1922 more examples
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.
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 128When 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 eliminated when asbestite was added at the rate of 1·5–2·0 kg/ton.
1967, “The Electric Light Exhibition, Westminster Aquarium”, in Stal in English, page 465
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