Excerpt from Dust Explosions: Theory and Nature of Phenomena, Causes and Methods of PreventionThe subject of Dust Explosions has not received serious consideration until recent years. In fact no one seemed to have any conception that dust alone could explode. But the fact that a large number of explosions have been occurring in mines and industrial plants where no explosive gases were present has proved this idea to be false and has led to a s...
Excerpt from Dust Explosions and Fires in Grain Separators in the Pacific NorthwestEarly results prior to the opening of the threshing season indicated that Opinion as to the cause Of explosions and fires Of this nature was divided between natural causes and incendiarism. The principal reason advanced for this latter conclusion was that prior to the 1914 season explosions were not very frequent. This led to the conclusion that means were being...
Excerpt from Dust Explosions and Fires in Grain Separators in the Pacific NorthwestEarly results prior to the opening of the threshing season indicated that Opinion as to the cause Of explosions and fires Of this nature was divided between natural causes and incendiarism. The principal reason advanced for this latter conclusion was that prior to the 1914 season explosions were not very frequent. This led to the conclusion that means were being...
Excerpt from Dust Explosions: Theory and Nature of Phenomena, Causes and Methods of Prevention
The subject of Dust Explosions has not received serious consideration until recent years. In fact no one seemed to have any conception that dust alone could explode. But the fact that a large number of explosions have been occurring in mines and industrial plants where no explosive gases were present has proved this idea to be false and has led to a...
