Atmospheric Nitrogen; Operation of Muscle Shoals Nitrate PlantsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1920 - Muscle Shoals, Ala. [from old catalog] |
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... a very much more intense use of propellants . The rate of fire in this war was , as a matter of fact , vitally greater than the rate of fire for artillery and small arms in any previous war . I am sure 6 ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN .
... a very much more intense use of propellants . The rate of fire in this war was , as a matter of fact , vitally greater than the rate of fire for artillery and small arms in any previous war . I am sure 6 ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN .
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... matter at all of cost . In fact , the importations of Chilean saltpeter into this country prior to the war amounted to about 500,000 tons . Its use was primarily for ferti- lizer . After we entered the war the question of production of ...
... matter at all of cost . In fact , the importations of Chilean saltpeter into this country prior to the war amounted to about 500,000 tons . Its use was primarily for ferti- lizer . After we entered the war the question of production of ...
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... matter straight in our minds . I think it was before this committee , about a year ago , perhaps , or longer than that , when the question of construction came up , a certain witness , I have for- gotten his name , who was telling us ...
... matter straight in our minds . I think it was before this committee , about a year ago , perhaps , or longer than that , when the question of construction came up , a certain witness , I have for- gotten his name , who was telling us ...
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... matter if it is inexhaustible , if you can not get the nitrates it might just as well be exhausted ? Secretary BAKER . There is nothing in the quantity , as I under- stand . Mr. DENT . As a matter of fact , Mr. Secretary , this country ...
... matter if it is inexhaustible , if you can not get the nitrates it might just as well be exhausted ? Secretary BAKER . There is nothing in the quantity , as I under- stand . Mr. DENT . As a matter of fact , Mr. Secretary , this country ...
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... matter which delayed the production of nitrogen under that $ 20,000,000 appropriation ? Secretary BAKER . We are very much further ahead with the pro- duction of nitrogen now than anybody dreamed we would be when the $ 20,000,000 was ...
... matter which delayed the production of nitrogen under that $ 20,000,000 appropriation ? Secretary BAKER . We are very much further ahead with the pro- duction of nitrogen now than anybody dreamed we would be when the $ 20,000,000 was ...
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agricultural ammonium nitrate ammonium sulphate amount ANTHONY arc process ARMY MARCH 1920 atmospheric nitrogen beehive ovens bill by-product coke ovens by-product ovens CALDWELL carbide cent CHAIRMAN chart pl chemical Chile Chilean nitrate coal committee CONGRESS THE LIBRARY corporation cyanamid plants cyanamid process demand DENT estimated expense export fertilizer fixed nitrogen GAILLARD Germany GREENE Haber process horsepower hour HULL important increase industry inorganic nitrogen labor LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LIBRARY RARY lime nitrogen long tons manufacture MARCH 1920 SKETCH materials MCKENZIE month munitions Muscle Shoals Muscle Shoals plants NITRATE DIVISION ORDNANCE nitrate of soda nitrate plants nitric acid nitrogen fixation operation ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT peace Prof purposes quantity ROBERTS royalty Secretary BAKER Secretary of War shows sodium nitrate steam power sulphate of ammonia supply of nitrogen thing tion tons of nitrogen total consumption United States Nitrate water power
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