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To: VanShuyten

I knew about sugar and flour, but never thought about coal.


8 posted on 01/13/2017 12:47:07 AM PST by greeneyes
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To: greeneyes
I knew about sugar and flour, but never thought about coal.

Early engines driving the industrial revolution were powered by coal dust.

12 posted on 01/13/2017 3:16:37 AM PST by spokeshave (In the Thatch Weave,..Trump's Wing Man is Truth.)
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To: greeneyes

I seem to recall reading somewhere that methane and coal dust were the two biggest causes of mine explosions in years past.


17 posted on 01/13/2017 4:06:30 AM PST by tomkat
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