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Industrial Dust
by Drinker & Hatch, 1936
$495
Industrial Dust: Hygienic Significance, Measurement and Control
by Philip Drinker and Theodore Hatch
First Edition, Third Impression
Copyright 1936
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc.
Hardcover, 316 pages.

ASBESTOS REFERENCES:
 - Table provides information on number of deaths from asbestosis in Great Britain.
- Section on pathology produced by asbestosis.  Image of asbestosis bodies.
- Quote: "It is now believed that at any stage of its processing sufficient exposure to asbestos dust can cause a definite pulmonary disability, asbestosis, with characteristic symptoms and chest X-rays (184)."
- Information on the identification of asbestosis bodies.
- Information on the Dusty Trades, including number of asbestos workers in England.
- It says that the commonest variety, Chrysotile, is mined in Canada and used in making fabriclike materials, brake linings, and special insulation.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
This book contains information on permissible levels of dust, dust determination, determination of particle size, effects of dust on man (including silicosis), control of the dust hazard, design of local exhaust systems, air-cleaning apparatus, filtration, and dust respirators.

CONDITION: Acceptable. No dustjacket. Some wear and stains to covers. Underlining, bracketing, and some marks to text. Writing to endpapers.

Other Editions:
Industrial Dust, 2nd Edition (1955)