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名詞

asbestite (uncountable)

1. 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.