asbestos-cement products
11CertainTeed — Corporation Type Subsidiary Industry Building Materials Founded 1904 Headquarters Valley Forge …
12W. R. Grace and Company — Infobox Company company name = W. R. Grace and Company company company type = Public (NYSE|GRA) slogan = foundation = 1854 location = Columbia, Maryland key people = Alfred Festa, CEO Pres num employees = 6,500 industry = Basic Materials products …
13Fibro — Fibro, the shortened form of Fibrous Cement or Fibrous Asbestos Cement , FAC, is a building material made of compressed fibres cemented into rigid sheets. [ [http://www.baalliance.com.au/glossary.htm B.A.Group Glossary ] ] While Fibro has been… …
14Edward Giles Stone — (17 February 1873 (1876?) – ?) was an Australian engineer prominent in many innovative, often daringly and spectacular, aspects of early reinforced concrete constructions in Australia. He was also involved in cement manufacture. Early life Stone… …
15occupational disease — 1. Also called industrial disease. a disease caused by the conditions or hazards of a particular occupation. 2. a trait or tendency that develops among members of a particular profession: Cynicism was thought to be an occupational disease of… …
16asbestosis — /as be stoh sis, az /, n. Pathol. a lung disease caused by the inhalation of asbestos dust. [1925 30; < NL; see ASBESTOS, OSIS] * * * Lung disease caused by long term inhalation of asbestos fibres. A pneumoconiosis found primarily in asbestos… …
17Beawar — ब्यावर   city   …
18Tanzania — Tanzanian, n., adj. /tan zeuh nee euh/; Swahili. /tahn zah nee ah/, n. a republic in E Africa formed in 1964 by the merger of the republic of Tanganyika and the former island sultanate of Zanzibar (including Pemba and adjacent small islands).… …
19Kano — /kah noh/, n. a city in N Nigeria. 300,000. * * * City (pop., 1991: 2,166,554), northern Nigeria. Its traditional founder was Kano, a blacksmith of the Gaya people who in ancient times came to Dalla Hill in search of iron. It became the capital… …
20Shed — For other uses, see Shed (disambiguation). A rural shed …
