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Show Demand for Oxygen Grow The demand for liquid oxygen since It was first made In this country In' 1907, has grown enormously, and there are now In the Uulted States 150 oxygen oxy-gen iiiunuracturlng plants, not to mention men-tion the MR) and more warehouses and dlstrlbutlnis stations. In 190'.), the output out-put of liquid oxygen amounted to 3,-SH,0H) 3,-SH,0H) cubic feeL Sixteen years la ter. In l!J5. It reached 2.073.820.UI0 cubic feet. It Is nn Interesting fact that the cost of production within that Interval was reduced from 4.7 to 1.0!) cents per culilc toot. Washington Star. |