Brownlee's Stack Loss Data [1] case [2] 10 times % of the ingoing ammonia [3] rate of operation of the plant [4] temperature of cooling water [5] concentration of acid circulating The data were obtained from 21 days of operation of a plant for the oxidation of ammonia to nitric acid. The nitric acids which are produced are absorbed in a countercurrent absorption tower. The dependent variable is 10 times the percentage of the ingoing ammonia that ascapes form the absorption tower; the more that escaspes, the less efficient the plant. X1 is the rate of operation of the plant; X2 is the temperature of cooling water which is circulated through coils in the absorption tower; X3(rescaled) is the concentration of acid circulating.