I was given a tour of an industrial facility where conditions required explosion-proof equipment. The tour guide made a point of calling out the explosion-proof motors in one of the rooms.
One of the other tour group members asked the question "Why would it matter if these motors survived an explosion?"
I visualized the facility exploding in a fiery blaze and a motor, fully intact, tracing a high parabola into the sky and landing, unscathed, in the front yard of a house.
The tour guide had to awkwardly answer: "Explosion-proof means that it won't cause an explosion."
I was given a tour of an industrial facility where conditions required explosion-proof equipment. The tour guide made a point of calling out the explosion-proof motors in one of the rooms.
One of the other tour group members asked the question "Why would it matter if these motors survived an explosion?"
I visualized the facility exploding in a fiery blaze and a motor, fully intact, tracing a high parabola into the sky and landing, unscathed, in the front yard of a house.
The tour guide had to awkwardly answer: "Explosion-proof means that it won't cause an explosion."