ASBESTINE Paper or Cloth, is such as will burn in the Fire, be purified by it, and yet not consume. See INCOMBUSTIBLE. It is made of the Asbestos, or Lapis Amianthus; and is by some called Linum Vivum. See ASBESTOS.
The Ancients are said to have made Napkins and Towels of it, which, when foul, instead of Washing, they threw into the Fire to cleanse. See LINUM INCOMBUSTIBILE.
ASBESTINE Paper
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- Written by: Ephraïm Chambers
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