Index 



283 



Orr, Dr. Winnett, 232-233 

 Osmium, 181 



Osteomyelitis, 233; treated by peni- 

 cillin, 243 



Othmer, Dr. Donald F., 190 

 Ott, Dr. Emil, 150-151 

 Owens-Corning-Fiberglas, 196 

 Oxford University, 243 

 Oxygen, 158 



Packard Motor Co., 44 



Pan American Airways, 76, 98 



Paper, 5, 198; aqualized, 186-187; 



chemical vapor treatment, 186; 



plasticized, 187; war jobs, 185-186 

 Parachutes, 161 

 Parking, of cars, 56 

 Pasteur, Louis, 249 

 Patterson, W. A., 101 

 Peanuts, products from, 201 

 Penatin, 245 

 Penicillin, 242; effective against 



staphylococcus, 243; for venereal 



disease, 244; penatin, 245; penicil- 



lium notatum, 242; production 



problems, 244 

 Penicillium notatum, 242, 245; mold 



used directly on infections, 244 

 Penney, Gaylord W., 30-31 

 Pennsylvania-Central Airlines, 80 

 Pennsylvania, University of, 245 

 Perbunan, 154 

 Perilla, 204 

 Perkin, William, 159 

 Petroleum, 162; chemicals from, 162, 



164, 165; high-octane gasoline, 162; 



hydrocarbons, 55, 93, 162, 171 

 Pfizer, Charles, & Co., 243 

 Phenol (carbolic acid), 160 

 Phenolic resins, 163, 166; bakelite, 



163 



Phillips Petroleum Company, 154 

 Phosphors, 29 



Phosphorus, radioactive, 263 

 Photoelectric tube, 125-128 

 Photographic film, 168; from corn 



cobs, stalks, 206 



Photography, use of photoelectric 



tube in, 127 



Phthalyl-sulfathiazole, 240 

 Pipe lines, 101 

 Piper Aircraft Company, 70 

 Piper Cub, 60 

 Piper, W. T., 70-71, 72 

 Pitcairn-Larsen Autogiro Company, 



69 

 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, 194- 



195 



Plank Panel house, 18-19 



Plant Industry, Bureau of, 212 



Plants, war, 29; electron tubes speed 

 production in, 125-130 



Plasmochin, 247 



Plastics, 4, 5, 35-36, 43-44, 52-53, 103, 

 107, 108, 124; future of, 157; mole- 

 cules of, 162-163; thermoplastic, 

 163; thermosetting, 163-164 



Plywood, 53, 107, 108, 190-191; plas- 

 tic-bonded, 170, 190, 191, 208; R. F. 

 heating of, 124 



Pneumococcus, 240 



Pneumonia, 239, 240 



Polybutene, 165 



Polymer, polymerization, 152 



Popular Science, 270 



Potatoes, sweet, products from, 200- 

 201 



Potatoes, white, produce starch for 

 industrial use, 202 



Potentiometer, 267 



Powder metallurgy, 182-183; self -oil- 

 ing bearings, 183; "sintering," 182 



Precipitron, 30-31 



Prefabrication, in housing, 6, 12, 22; 

 in shipbuilding, 100-110 



Pressurized cabin, for high-altitude 

 flight, 84-85 



Pressure suit, for high-altitude flight, 

 84 



Prontosil (see Sulf anilamide) , 238 



Prophylaxis, sulfathiazole, 241-242 



Propeller, hydromatic, 70, 83; pro- 

 duction of speeded by R.F. heat- 

 ing, 124 



Protein, 202, 221; deficiency, 221-222; 

 in wool, 238; soy beans, 202 



