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WE take exception to Dr. Harger's statements, in the quotation which he gives from p. 78 of his book, that “dust explosions” such as Altofts “always proceed against the current of air,” and that, “as a rule, the branch of an ignition which travels with the air-current fails to develop violence”.
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“Coal, and the Prevention of Explosions and Fires in Mines”. Nature 91, 320 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/091320a0
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