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Removal of carbon dioxide from water gas
- 1926-Apr
M.C. Molstad demonstrating use of an apparatus for the removal of carbon dioxide from water gas by means of scrubbing under pressure at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in…
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Apparatus for the emission of positive ions
- 1926-Apr
General view of an apparatus used for the emission of positive ions at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C. The individuals present in the photograph are…
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Apparatus for measuring the effect of radiation
- 1926-Apr
General view of an apparatus used to measure the effect of radiation on chemical reactions at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.
The Fixed Nitrogen…
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Apparatus used to analyze the decomposition of ammonia
- 1927-Jul-26
General view of the construction and calibration of an apparatus used to analyze the decomposition of ammonia on hot surfaces at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in…
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Dr. D.C. Bardwell using an apparatus for experimenting with radon
- 1926-Apr
General view of Dr. D.C. Bardwell using an apparatus to experiment with the chemical effects of radon at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.
The Fixed…
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Dr. C.H. Kunsman with positive ion emitting device
- 1926-Apr
Two views of device used to study positive ions, presumably in the activation of nitrogen gas and hydrogen, at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C. The…
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Mounted French postage and semipostal stamps depicting Louis Pasteur
- 1922 – 1936
Nine small postage stamps in various denominations issued in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Louis Pasteur in 1922. The large semipostal stamp was issued in 1936 and includes a surtax for the…
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Apparatus for removal of carbon monoxide from water gas
- 1926-Apr
W.E. Kuentzel demonstrating use of an apparatus to remove carbon monoxide from water gas by means of scrubbing with a cuprous (i.e. copper) solution at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research…
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C.A. Black with apparatus for filling tubes
- 1927-Jul-26
General view of C.A. Black demonstrating use of an apparatus for filling tubes in order to study ammonia-carbon dioxide-Urea-water systems at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory…
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Dr. R.O.E. Davis with apparatus for filling tubes
- 1927-Jul-26
General view of Dr. R.O.E. Davis demonstrating use of an apparatus for filling tubes in order to study ammonia-carbon dioxide-Urea-water systems at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory…
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Experimental furnace for smelting of phosphate rock
- 1927-Jul-26
General view of an experimental furnace used to smelt phosphate rock at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory…
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Mrs. M.K. Murray using nitrometer at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory
- 1926-Apr
General view of Mrs. M.K. Murray demonstrating use of a nitrometer, an apparatus used to determine the amount of nitrogen or nitrogen compounds in a substance or mixture, at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed…
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Control panel for compressors in Urea Plant
- 1926-Apr
General view of the control panel for compressors at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory's Urea Plant. In the production of fertilizer, liquid carbon dioxide and liquid ammonia are commonly combined under…
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Apparatus for nitration of organic substances
- 1926-Apr
L.A. Pinck demonstrating an apparatus used for the nitration of organic substances at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research…
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Samples from Ammonia-(Urea-Water) system
- 1927-Jul-26
General view of numbered test tube samples from the Ammonia-(Urea-Water) system at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C. Urea is a water-soluble powder form…
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Carbon dioxide regenerator in Urea Plant
- 1926-Apr
General view of the carbon dioxide regenerator at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory's Urea Plant. In the production of fertilizer, liquid carbon dioxide and liquid ammonia are commonly combined under high-pressure…
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Heat converter, interchanger, and condenser for water-gas hydrogen production
- 1926-Apr
General view of a heat converter, interchanger, and condenser used for water-gas hydrogen production at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C. The term "water…
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Water gas generator at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory
- 1926-Apr
General view of the exterior of the water gas generator at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C. The term "water gas" commonly refers to the mixture of…
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Exterior of Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory's Urea Plant
- 1926-Apr
General view of the exterior of the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory's Urea Plant, showing assorted apparatus and equipment used to produce Urea, a water-soluble powder form of carbonic acid frequently used as a…
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V.L. Gaddy operating compressors at Urea Plant
- 1926-Apr
General view of V.L. Gaddy demonstrating use of compressors at the Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory's Urea Plant. In the production of fertilizer, liquid carbon dioxide and liquid ammonia are commonly combined under…
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Dr. J.G. Thompson and Mr. C.L. Sullivan operating hydrogen burner
- 1926-Apr
General view of Dr. J.G. Thompson (left) and Mr. C.L. Sullivan (right) operating a hydrogen burner during the production of the hydrogen-nitrogen mixture used in the synthesis of ammonia at the U.S. Department of…
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Dr. J.G. Thompson with ammonia catalyst fusion pot
- 1926-Apr
General view of Dr. J.G. Thompson demonstrating use of an ammonia catalyst fusion pot at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research…
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C.M. Sullivan and P.N. Tierney with iron burner used for ammonia catalyst preparation
- 1926-Apr
General view of Mr. C.M. Sullivan (left) and Mr. P.N. Tierney (right) with an iron burner used for the preparation of ammonia catalysts at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located…
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Dr. C.D. Garby demonstrating formation of nitric oxide in flames
- 1926-Apr
General view of Dr. C.D. Garby demonstrating an apparatus used to study the formation of nitric oxide in flames at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.
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Dr. E.W. Guernsey studying the formation of nitric oxide in explosion of carbon monoxide and oxygen
- 1926-Apr
General view of Dr. E.W. Guernsey demonstrating an apparatus used to study the formation of nitric oxide in the explosion of carbon monoxide and oxygen at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research…
