TY - MANSCPT DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: No Known Copyright TI - Electric arc furnace for making ferro-aluminum alloys ID - 5h73pw15s DA - 1926/// YR - 1926 AV - Travis P. Hignett Collection of Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory Photographs, Box 1 VL - Travis P. Hignett Collection of Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory Photographs, Box 1 AN - Travis P. Hignett Collection of Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory Photographs, Box 1 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/5h73pw15s AB - Electric arc furnace used to make ferro-aluminum alloys at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory. The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory (F.N.R.L.) was established at American University in 1919 under the directorship of Arthur B. Lamb. Initially part of the War Department, the F.N.R.L. was the successor to several wartime initiatives to develop a secure domestic supply of nitrate compounds necessary for the manufacture of explosives during World War I. With a staff of about 110 individuals, including 35 to 50 chemists, the F.N.R.L. focused on the manufacture, production, and development of products of atmospheric nitrogen, including munitions and fertilizers. KW - Nitrogen fertilizer industry KW - Nitrogen--Fixation KW - United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils KW - Furnaces KW - United States. Department of Agriculture LA - ER -