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Show Production of Nltrlo Aold. Tho production of nitric acid by oloctrochemlcal methods Is a now process that promises oxtonsivo changes in our agriculture, Tho manufacture of nitric acid from the nitrogon and oxygen of tho air In auf-flclont auf-flclont Quantities, for commorclal nso has been tho driam and hope of scl-tmtlnts scl-tmtlnts for yoars. At Niagara bxpori-monts bxpori-monts havo boea conducted oucccss-fully oucccss-fully in producing commercial nitric acid by using a high-tension ourrent n an air chamber, by which a ylold of one pound of nltrlo acid i obtained for orery seyen horsepower hours. |