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FILE NAME: Reynolds Metals (RM) DATE: 0000 DOC#: RM050 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: TILO Topics Article RMC45000200007271 H4Mg3Si20 2 Magic was one o( the most im portant factors that influenced the activities of man, especially in ancient times. Charlemagne, who was King of the Franks from 768 to Bit A. D. is reported to have avoided a war by means of a magic tablecloth. When the Saracen hordes threatened to invade his kingdom, Charlemagne invited his enemies to a "big two" peace conference. After feasting, he took the table cloth stained with wine and grease and flung it into a roaring fire place. His guests were amused at the antics of the obviously rich King who could wilfully destroy such a rare and costly cloth. But a few minutes later, their amusement turned to fear when he withdrew the doth, cleansed of its stains but unharmed by the flames! They fled in fear and ad* vised their king to avoid war with a king possessed of magical powers! The tablecloth, of course, had been woven of rare asbestos. Scattered throughoui hittoiy are alories of this wondcrous ma teria) which Is a mineral, but with an unusual fibrous structure tha! allows it to be handled like wool, cotton or silk, in its native stale, it ia chemically called a hydrous magnesium silicate, the iormu la for which la: Mg* S L 0 2. The Romans used it for funeral garments of kings, so that at cre mation, the royal ashes would not be mixed with the ashes of the fire, "Perpetual" wicks for lamp* to burn before the Greek cods, were made from this amazing material. After traveling through Siberia, Marco Polo wrote of seeing tex tiles that resisted fire. Italy la called the "cradle of the asbestos industry," having made thread, fabric* and paper early in the iflth century. But, in Quebec in 1877, a large vein of asbestos waa discovered among serpentine rock. This source supplies about SKI percent of the world's needs, although some mines are being Ttoif h iM in t to m it t rtltlt u vp* p m In fv t* lit* *1 til Tvpfci * * W'Vf'tt*4 ft* rw fMHrWt* tV< * W> th* tf f h -- 10. J RMC45000200007272 BEFORE . . . as it appears when it Is mined in serpentine rock deposits, asbestos fibres ore of varying lengths Aftet a ctushin'g and screening process, the fibres arc separated lrom the rock by a vacuum method and placed In bags for shipment. Asbestos is the only natural Inorganic fibre known to man. DU RIN G .. . Tilo processes the asbestos fibre with other ingredi ents in the manufacturing process. Notice the many laminations. At this point, the panel is compacted (or pressed together like plywood) under many tons o( pressure and placed in slow-curing ovens A FTER .. . Following the oven- Irlng process, the panels are trim med to size by our precision broach cutter, and an exterior protective and decorative cover ing Is applied. Thus after a long journey, the indestructible asbes tos fibre reposes forever on the homes where it Is applied, under the Tilo trade name -- COLORSTONE. . % RMC45000200007273 worked in this country. Africa, Rucsia, and Italy. Tme, heat, pressure, in some mysterious process deep within the earth, transformed massive serpentine rock formations to fibrous asbestos. The width of the vein, from razor edge to several inches, determines the length of the fibre. Although most of the material is gleaned from shaft type mining, some of it is mined from quarries and underground tunnels. Over eighteen years ago, Tito began using asbesios in the man ufacture of some of our sidewall products. Approximately ISO rail road tart of asbestos, or about three per week, are brought into our Stratford plant from the mines in Quebec. The long asbestos fibre is more costly than the short variety, and Tilo, naturally, uses more of the former than any other concern tn the sidewall industry. Wc have been in the sidewall business many more years than eighteen, however, bul ever since 193? our mechanics have served millions of homes with our unique, lami nated siding panels which arc strengthened and made fire-resis tant by the asbestos fibres. There is no longer any magic about asbestos. Its qualities are known to all, and man has hatncssed those qualities in the serv ice of man. 1 ana In wkigfc aikaila li tahan fram lha aarik. Vtlnt tannl*) law at 1M fa tl am tappatf fry hall anrf m M af mafkadt. at tha ttna ka*a <** fa T la fraai ffcli alar In Owafcac. 3 RMC45000200007274