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Excerpt from The Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen In the following pages I have tried to give an account of the more important processes for the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen, and, more especially, of the theory on which they are based. No attempt has been made even to mention all the proposals regarding methods and apparatus to be found in the patent literature of recent years. The mere enumeration of these would almost occupy the space at my disposal, and in many cases there is no evidence that the proposed methods are in any way workable. I have, therefore, confined myself to those methods which are either in actual operation, or which show promise of assuming technical importance in the near future. I am indebted to the admirable consular report on The Utilisation of Atmospheric Nitrogen, by T. E. Norton, for some valuable information on the purely technical part of the subject. The report also contains an excellent account of the financial and commercial organisation of the various industries connected with the fixation of nitrogen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.