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1 .knowledge. Page 1037 2 Q You were familiar with the raw materials end 3 of the production of high temperature insulation for a 4 considerable amount of time. 5 Is it correct that as among the raw 6 materials asbestos was relatively expensive? 7 A Yes. 8 Q And, in fact, as even appears on Keene 9 Exhibit 14 which is your partially completed report, 10 it is correct, isn't it, that Owens-Illinois had tried 11 without success both to use glass fiber and a gas as a 12 substitute for asbestos fibers? 13 A As well as cotton linter, 1-i-n-t-e-r, corn 14 stalks, paper pulp, yes. 15 Q And regrettably, none of them worked 16 satisfactorily as well as asbestos fibers did at that 17 time? 18 A That is correct. And if I may digress 19 briefly, the original formulation for 85 percent 20 magnesia was developed in the late 1800s using silk as 21 a reinforcement fiber.