When ammonia was deer... The world's deer population doesn't know how m u c h it owes to t h e ingenuity of the chemist. Two centuries ago, t h e ancient alchemist made a m m o n i a water by heating t h e horns of harts, (red deer stag), in closed vessels. He called it Spirits of Hartshorn. B u t c h e m i c a l p r o g r e s s , s p u r r e d by t h e growing demand for ammonia, permitted the h u n t e d hart to keep his antlers. We found better ways to make ammonia— from other sources, in larger quantities, at lower cost. In 1923, at our Niagara plant, Olin Mathieson was one of t h e pioneers in t h e produc-
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tion of synthetic ammonia. Today, m a n y strategically located plants keep your supply olose at hand, your costs to a minim u m . High purity refrigeration and commercial grades of anhydrous a m m o n i a are shipped in 13-ton tank trucks and 26-ton t a n k oars. L i q u i d a m m o n i a (26° Be) is shipped in 4000-gal. tank trucks or 8000-gal. tank cars. Hartshorn, anyone? Call or write today. OLIN MATHIESON, Baltimore 3, Md. DISTRIBUTION POINTS: Anhydrous from Lake Charles, La. • Niagara Falls, N. Y. • Marcus Hook, Pa. • Louisiana, Mo. Aqua from Niagara Falls, N. Y. • Louisiana. Mo. • Philadelphia, Pa.
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