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Show ELECTRICITY IN HUMAN BODY Alleged That Some People Can Produce Pro-duce Sparks That Will Light the Gas. Almost everyone Is familiar with what is known ns static electricity. Ore rubs the cut's fur the wrong way, and getri a little shock. The cat, however, how-ever, must be a dry car. Or one walks across a carpeted Moor on a dry winter's win-ter's day and then touches a radiator or some other metal object; whereupon whereup-on there Is a perceptible discharge from the body. It is said that some folks can light the gas in that way. Anyhow, while sparks produced in this manner are ordinarily harmless they are under some circumstances a source of serious danger. They cause a great many accidents in gasoline distilleries, explosive factories, flour mills, dry-cleaning establishments, cotton-gins and threshing machines. The National Association of Dyers and Cleaners of the L'nited States is now undertaking an active campaign to eliminate fires from this source. Inasmuch as appreciable charges of static electricity can be produced only when the surrounding air is very dry. the most effective prevention is to dampen the atmosphere of factory rooms by Injecting steam. |