| Show DREAMS THAT COME TRUE the scientists have long ion amused us with the pos possibilities of extracting the gold out of oc the sea by some magic process cess aich would yield billions or taking nitro nitrogen gep from the air to produce fabulous rl klehe ehe we have smiled at such dreams but the dream of t today 0 becomes the reality of tomorrow witness the horsepower plant in norway used to extract nitrogen from the air the wonders of 0 this plant are said to he beyond comprehension hen slon says A milwaukee journal first I 1 the lie air Is and the nitrogen which bolls before the oxygen at degrees below zero is led away through specially constructed mains main calcium carbide Is heated by electricity in a nitrogen atmosphere and a new chemical is made nitro lim which Is the finished nitrate air for the nitrogen must be taken in pipes from the mountain tops tope because there Is in the lower air a trace of acetylene gas a substance 0 o deadly under pressure that even a trace of it in the liquefaction would e explode iode and shatter I 1 the plant here the modern factors of electricity liquid air the molten carbide furnace and a vast water power plant are combined to tap the illimitable air tor for natural resources our cynic smiles and doubts of the dreams of the scientists will be leas confident in the years to come fertilizing til izing farms and malting making explosives explosIve il from the air are the new wonders of the age |
