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Index 



Caff elite, plastics, 168 



Calcium, radioactive, 263 



California, University of, Medical 



School, 252 

 Camm, F. W., Television Manual, 



134 



Campbell, Major General Levin H., 

 184 



Camphor, synthetic, 168, 209 



Campini, Signer, 93 



Cancer, research with biotin, 251-252 



Cannon, Dr. Paul R., 221 



Cans, edible, 268-269 



Catalyst, 153 



Caproni Airplane Company, 93 



Caravan, C-j6, 89 



Carbon, 158; compounds of, 158-159, 

 164; in Foamglas, 195; in steel mak- 

 ing, 178 



Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, 231 



Carver, Dr. George Washington, 

 200-20 i 



Casein, 202, 254 



Castor beans, 203 



Cellophane, 165 



Cells, 158, 257; cancer, 251-252; M 

 rays, 275-278 



Cellulose, 158; 189; from castor beans, 

 203; from corn, 206; from cotton 

 linters, 204-205; wood, 208 



Cellulose acetate, 163; Tenite, 165 



Cellulose nitrate, 163; celluloid, 163 



Celotex Corporation, 14 



Cessna, 60 



Chemical industry, 149, 166-167; ^ds 

 farmer, 268; indispensable, 171; in 

 two wars, 167-168 



Chemigum, 154 



Chemistry, 149-171; chemurgy, 190- 

 203, 204-210, 215; coal-tar by-prod- 

 ucts, 159-162; petroleum by-prod- 

 ucts, 162; plastics, 4, 5, 35-36, 43- 

 44, 52-53, 103, 107, 108, 124, 149- 

 150, 157, 162-167, 168; recovery of 

 low-grade ores, 183-184; synthetic 

 rubber, 151-156; war job of, 166- 

 167 



Chemurgy, 199-203, 204-210, 215; 

 castor beans, 203; cotton linters, 

 204-205; corn, 206; flax, 204; pea- 

 nuts, 201; sweet potatoes, 200-201 



Chia, 204 



Chicago, University of, 221 



Childbed fever, 238 



Chile, 168 



Chlorine, 164, 175, 177 



Chloroform, 162 



Christian Science Monitor, 192, 200, 

 268-269 



Chromium, 48, 179 



Chrysler Corporation, 14, 46 



Cigarette paper, from flax straw, 

 203 



Civil Aeronautics Administration, 95- 

 97, 113-114 



CAB (Civil Aeronautics Board), 6, 

 78, 92, 99 



Civilian Defense, Office of, 167 



Clay, 158, 174, 175 



Closets, mass-produced, 35 



Clothes, 168-170; from soy bean, 203; 

 from wood, 190 



Coal, bituminous, 159; by-products 

 of, 159-162; chemicals, 160-161; 

 drugs, 159-160; dyes, 159; tar, 153, 



157 



Coaxial cable, for television, 133, 147 

 Coffee, 1 68 



Coghill, Dr. R. D., 243 

 Coit, Elisabeth, 23, 36 

 Coke, 1 60; coal, bituminous, 159 

 Colchicine, 213 

 Colds, 252, 253 

 Colebrook, Dr. Leonard, 238 

 Cooking, utensils, 39; electronic, 



270 



Cooling, radiant, 34 

 Collectivism and individualism, 9 

 Combustion, 48, 50, 93 

 Commutation service, by airplane, 9; 



by helicopter, 6, 7, 67 

 Conservation, of forests, 192 

 Consolidated Vultee Corporation, 79; 



Liberator 6-24, 85 

 Convertaplane, 69-70 

 Copolymer, 153 



