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“Communications can go out, as is clearly the case with the Titan submersible. The scarier, worse things are the nonelectrical mechanical breakdowns, for instance when the propellers that move the submersible around stop working.”

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023

But the program does not specifically address nonelectrical fires, such as those caused by rail cars or debris, and the number of those fires remained steady at 23 in both 2017 and 2018.

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2019

Biggest gainers: utilities, chemicals and nonelectrical machinery makers, finance and trade companies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sales of nonelectrical machinery jumped last year to $125 million, replacing Scotch as Britain's second largest export item to the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

In nonelectrical heavy machinery, employment dropped from 1,738,000 last year to 1,486,000 last May, slid still farther in August.

From Time Magazine Archive