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Propane Gas

Humans from anywhere in this planet are utilizing various types of energy all the days of the year. For instance, we are using gasoline to run our automobiles. Domestic homes are consuming electricity continuously. For heating and cooking, we are using natural gas, propane or LPG. All of these things are where we get the power we need. Hence, they must be handled with utmost care.

We are funneling gasoline into our cars, trucks, and lawn mowers. Sometimes heating oil is used in furnaces. The reason that gasoline and other petroleum-based fuels are so effective is because they burn easily and efficiently. Always be careful not to put them in your mouth. Never breathe the fumes released by the fuels into the air. Cleaning up accidental spills is a job for someone who knows how to do it safely and effectively.

You must be aware that natural gas is naturally odorless. It is nice that gas companies are adding a smell to natural gas so that our nose can detect natural gas leaks. As an important safe precaution, never strike a match or a cigarette lighter if you smell natural gas. Never turn on a light or start and appliance if you smell natural gas.

Propane gas is used in rural areas and on farms rather than natural gas. Propane gas can be delivered by truck and stored in tanks. The same safety measures apply to propane gas as to natural gas. Most companies add a kind of rotten egg smell to propane so that a leak is easily recognized.

Every year, many needless deaths are caused by accidental electrocution. Use electric current safely, and teach your children to use it safely. Make the following rules family policy:

*  Don’t put anything into an outlet except a plug.

*  Don’t pull on the cord to unplug an appliance; hold the plug and pull.

*  Dry your hands before you plug or unplug an electric appliance.

*  Don’t use plugs that or cracked or wires that are frayed.

*  Don’t plug too many cords into one outlet.

*  Turn off a light or unplug it before changing a light bulb.

*  Never touch the inside of an appliance while it’s plugged in.

*  Keep appliances away from water.

*  Turn off the TV, computer, and other appliances during electrical storms.

*  Don’t touch downed power lines outside.

*  If you are digging and find a wire, don’t touch it.

*  Don’t fly a kite or climb a tree near a power line.

You can make your home and your whole family safe by following these good measures.

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Steam Engine

Steam produced by burning coal was the energy that drove the Industrial Revolution. Steam power was the miracle replacement for human power and horsepower. The first use of steam power was pumping water from mines.

The early steam engines weren’t very efficient, but over the years the steam engine was improved, modified, and upgraded. The steam engine was the most important technology of the Industrial Revolution and has as much impact on the world of that day as computers have had on our modern world.

English engineer by the name of Thomas Savery built a steam engine to pump water from mines in 1689. He patented the engine on July 2, 1698. Describing his invention, Savery said, it is  “a new invention for raiseing of water and occasioning motion to all sorts of mill work by the impellent force of fire, which will be of great use and advantage for drayning mines, serveing townes with water, and for the working of all sorts of mills where they have not the benefitt of water nor constant windes.” Savery was a great inventor but apparently a really lousy speller; nevertheless, his assessment was accurate.

The steam engine changed the world. By 1712 Thomas Newcomen who was also an English engineer, came up with a vastly improved version of Savery’s steam engine. The changes (improvements) made by Newcomen made the steam engine adaptable to many more uses than just pumping water from mines.

Savery’s patent, however, was a problem, and Newcomen was forced to go into partnership with Savery. Newcomen’s modifications made the steam engine adaptable even in places that weren’t near a water supply, and that modification truly pushed the Industrial Revolution to new and dizzying heights.

There were others who made major contributions to the evolution of the steam engine; the most notable ones were James Watt and Matthew Boulton.

Steam power contributed a lot to the modern progress we are reaping these days!

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