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Show HPAItlv VltOM MAX'S 110DV OAVSKS (fAHAGE FIHE When n resident o Dubuquo, Iowa, wonrlng a fur cont and rubbor hoofs,, wnlkod hurriedly to -his garago on n cold morning recently, ho did not reallzo tiat his movements wero 'storing up n ilnngerotls amount of olcctrlcty in his body. Unit tho fact was that tho friction of Ms arm? against tho cont caused a cortaln - - - r- i j,;jwy - amount of static electricity to bo generated, and this was stored ln tho man's body becauso it was Insulated from tho ground by his rubbor boots. When ho sought to prlmo tho motor of his car with a mixture of gasoline and other, using a metal squirt enn, probably of copper, which Is a good conductor of electric current tho can was brought so close to tho motor mo-tor that a spark was produced bo-tween bo-tween It nnd the priming cup, igniting ignit-ing tho gasoline. Tho can exploded, throwing the flaming liquid ovor both man and car. Tho man escaped with severe burns, but the car and garage wero completely destroyed. From the March Popular Mechanics Magazine. |