Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Acetylene for Lighting Country Homes
I gas would be liable to attract attention to the vicinity of a leak or open burner long before a dangerous mixture could exist in a room.
It is impossible to Obtain explosion or even ignition of a body of pure gas by the introduction therein of a lighted match or electric spark. However, Acetylene may be exploded by the detonation of a dynamite cap or other violent explosive in a body of the pure gas.
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