On Mon, 03 May 2004 12:55:19 GMT, "js"
wrote:

It looks like such an obvious hazard to me. But you do have a point about
them coexisting for years. Wasn't any dust collection back in the day, and
they only had wood or coal to keep em warm.

Didn't have power tools making fine dust though.

And in the 19th century, exploding workshops _were_ a hazard.
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Smert' spamionam