60 YEARS AGO.

Warn of Wood Dust as an Explosive

WOOD DUSTS ARE as explosive as grain dusts, according to according to
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1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3. David Price There have been a number of people named David Price:

Sir David Price (British politician) (b. 1924) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament in the 1970s and 1980s
David Price (Canadian politician) (b.

of the U.S. Department of of Agriculture, "Larger scale operations creating greater quantities of dust from saws, planers and sanders have increased the possible hazard, and the demand for wood flour Wood flour is finely pulverized wood that has a consistencey fairly equal to sand, but can vary considerably, with particles ranging in size from a fine powder to roughly the size of a grain of rice. has induced some operators to reduce their scrap to powder," Price says.

The federal engineer adds that more than 60 explosions of wood dust, wood flour, wood pulp and sawdust have been investigated. In these explosions 24 persons were killed, 90 injured and the property damage was approximately $1,125,000. The causes were principally fires, overheated o·ver·heat
v. o·ver·heat·ed, o·ver·heat·ing, o·ver·heats

v.tr.
1. To heat too much.

2. To cause to become excited, agitated, or overstimulated.

v.intr. bearings and sparks from grinding machines and in electrical equipment.

Wood Products February 1940

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