When trucks or trains load and unload liquids and dry materials, the friction builds up in the transfer of those materials creating static electricity. The discharge of that voltage can measure just 20-30 mJ (milliJoule), well above the threshold for igniting propane, gasoline vapors, or even fine dust particles. That release of electricity comes from a buildup of static electricity in the human body that can reach an 10-15 kV (kilovolts).

' -The Baltimore Sun 'Accomplished and powerful.On cold, dry afternoons, walking across a carpet to open the front door can create a spark that jumps between the hand and the doorknob. Just as Vermeer's work helps to explain his world in Chevalier's earlier novel, so the symbolic art of the graveyard illuminates Victorian culture in Falling Angels. This is a beautiful novel, not soon forgotten.' - Minneapolis Star Tribune 'Part of the secret of Chevalier's success is her uncanny ability to bring a lost world to life.

Nimura, The New York Times Book Review 'Brilliant.a rich story that is true to the era.' - The Cleveland Plain Dealer 'Chevalier's second novel confirms her place in the literary eply affecting. The next day, I sat down and read it again.' - Janice P. ' -The Baltimore Sun 'Accomplished and powerful.' - Booklist, 'Entirely successful: distinct, inhabited, vivid, and real.' - The Washington Post Book World 'Chevalier's ringing prose is a radiantly efficient as well-tended silver.' - Entertainment Weekly 'Chevalier not only authentically details the era's social mores, tensions, and contradictions, she writes the book we want to read.' - New York Daily News 'I read Falling Angels in an afternoon. Just as Vermeer''s work helps to explain his world in Chevalier''s earlier novel, so the symbolic art of the graveyard illuminates Victorian culture in Falling Angels.

This is a beautiful novel, not soon forgotten.' - Minneapolis Star Tribune 'Part of the secret of Chevalier''s success is her uncanny ability to bring a lost world to life. Nimura, The New York Times Book Review 'Brilliant.a rich story that is true to the era.' - The Cleveland Plain Dealer 'Chevalier''s second novel confirms her place in the literary eply affecting. 'Entirely successful: distinct, inhabited, vivid, and real.' - The Washington Post Book World 'Chevalier''s ringing prose is a radiantly efficient as well-tended silver.' - Entertainment Weekly 'Chevalier not only authentically details the era''s social mores, tensions, and contradictions, she writes the book we want to read.' - New York Daily News 'I read Falling Angels in an afternoon.

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