. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BULLETIN No. 379 Contribation from the Bureau of Chemistry, CARL L. ALSBERG, Chief, and the Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering, LOGAN WALLER PAGE, Director Washington, D. C. August 4« 1916 DUST EXPLOSIONS AND FIRES IN GRAIN SEPARATORS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST By DAVID J. PRICE, Engineer In Charge of Grain Dust Explosion Investi- gations, Bureau of Chemistry, and E. B. McCORMICK, Chief, Division of Rural Engineering, Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering CONTENTS
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BULLETIN No. 379 Contribation from the Bureau of Chemistry, CARL L. ALSBERG, Chief, and the Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering, LOGAN WALLER PAGE, Director Washington, D. C. August 4« 1916 DUST EXPLOSIONS AND FIRES IN GRAIN SEPARATORS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST By DAVID J. PRICE, Engineer In Charge of Grain Dust Explosion Investi- gations, Bureau of Chemistry, and E. B. McCORMICK, Chief, Division of Rural Engineering, Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering CONTENTS Introduction 1 Plan of Investigation 2 Classification of Explosions 3 Results of Field Investigation .... 6 Static Electricity as a Cause of Explosions 9 Experimental Field and Laboratory Work 11 Nature of Dust Explosions 17 Methods Developed for Preventing Ex- plosions or Extinguishing Fires ... 19 Special Acknowledgments 22. WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1916. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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