Index 



279 



Gerard, Ralph W., 255, 257 



Geriatrics, 258 



Gericke, Professor W. F., 211-212 



Germany, chemical leadership lost to 

 U. S., 168; wood chemistry pro- 

 gram, 1 88 



Gerontology, 258 



Gerontotherapy, 258-259 



Gilbert, Jr., Cass, 18, 19 



Glass, 5, 40, 57, 185, 195, 197, 198; 

 Fiberglas, 195-196; Foamglas, 195; 

 for tire cord, 43; optical, 196, 197; 

 production research, 196; Pyrex, 

 194; how flame-proof glass is made, 

 194; Vycor, 194 



Glesinger, Egon, Nazism in the 

 Woodpile, 188-190 



Glider, "trains" for freight and pas- 

 sengers, 5, 90-92, 98, 1 08; first flight 

 across Atlantic, 92 



Goddard, Dr. R. H., 93 



Goering, Hermann, 188-189 



Gold, 180-181; photovoltaic cell, 264 



Gonorrhea, 241; prophylaxis, 241- 

 242 



Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, 



J 54 



Graf Spee, 1 1 1 

 Gramicidin, 245-246 

 Granite (feldspar), 158 

 "Grasshoppers," liaison planes, 60-6 1 

 Gravity, center of, 44 

 Great American Desert, 212 

 "Great Circle" routes, 70-80 

 Great Lakes, 106 

 Great Salt Lake, 176 

 Greenland, 174 

 Gregory, Colonel H. F., 65 

 Grid, 118-119, 132 

 Gropius, Dr. Walter, 214 

 Grumman Aircraft Corporation, 90 

 Guild, Lurelle, 108 

 Gun metal (copper, tin), 180 

 Gunnison Housing Corporation, 191 



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Haldane, J. B. S., 255 

 Hall, Charles Martin, 174 



Hallett, Robert M., 192 



Halstead, William S., 56 



Hamby, William, 38-41 



Harrington, Dr. H. H M 177 



Heating, radiant, 20, 33-34 



Heilman, Dr. Dorothy, 245 



Heiser, Dr. Victor G., 218 



Helicab, 68-69 



Helicopter, 2, 12, 60-67; amphibian, 

 63; Convertaplane, 60-70; de Both- 

 ezat model of, 67-68; for air mail 

 and express, 6, 66; for commuters, 

 6, 7, 66; Helicab, 68-69; now to fly 

 it, 61-63; postwar possibilities, 66- 

 67; traffic control by, 56; used 

 against submarines, 65 



Hemp, 204 



Heparin, 256 



Herbs, 204 



Hercules Powder Company, 150 



Herrell, Dr. Wallace E., 245 



Herrick, Gerald P., 60-70 



Herty, Dr. Charles E., 208 



High altitudes, protecting pilot at, 

 83-85 



Highways, planned for safety, 56 



Heroult, Paul L. T., 174 



Hitler, Adolf, 188-189 



Hogben, Lancelot, Science for the 

 Citizen, 161-162, 211 



Holden, Arthur C., 26-27 



Holt, Rackham, 200-^01 



Home, average, 29 



Home Economics, Bureau of, 216 



Hormones, 259 



Hospital, 228; battalion, 230; base, 

 234; collecting station, 232; corps- 

 man, 229; field, 232; mobile equip- 

 ment, 231-232, 235; rehabilitation 

 of wounded in, 237; ship, 236 



Household, appliances and furnish- 

 ings, 29-41, 175, 178; air condition- 

 ing, 30-31; bathrooms, 36-37; clos- 

 ets, 35; cooling, radiant, 34; fur- 

 nace, smokeless, 31-32; furniture, 

 built-in, 34, new designs, 35; glass, 

 195, 197, 198; heating, radiant, 33- 

 34; kitchen, 38; "kitchenless house," 

 38-41; lighting, 29-30; Precipitron, 



