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Sulfaguanidine, 240 



Sulfamerazine, 240 



Sulfanilamide, 160, 229, 230, 231, 232, 

 237-240; derivatives, 239-240; how 

 they fight bacteria, 242; toxic re- 

 actions studied, 242 



Sulfapyridine, 239 



Sulfasuxidine, 240 



Sulfathiazole, 239; prophylaxis, 241- 

 242 



Sullivan, Louis, 19 



Sulphite liquor, produces alcohol, 

 207, 208 



Sulphuric acid, 162, 207 



Sun, energy from 162, 264; harnessing 

 rays of, 264 



Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Com- 

 pany, 80-8 1 



Supercharger, for airplane engine, 82 



Surgery, 232, 233, 234, 236; autoejec- 

 tor, 255; brain surgery, 257; cure 

 for deafness, 255; for hypertension, 

 256; nerve operations, 256; regional 

 anesthesia, 256; transplanting of or- 

 gans, 255; treating arthritis, 256; 

 use of heparin, dicoumarin, 256; 

 use of "radio knife," 257 



Sutures, 196, 256 



Swain, Squadron Leader, of Royal 

 Air Force, 84 



Synthesis, in chemistry, 157, 159 



Syphilis, treated with mapharsen, 241; 

 salvarsan, 238 



Tachometer, 62 

 Tank, M-4, 45, 178 

 Tankers, oil, 105 

 Tantalum, 181 

 Tapioca, 202 

 Taylorcraf t, 60 

 Taylor, Dr. A. Hoyt, 120-121 

 Taylor, Dr. W. C., 192-193 

 Teague, Walter Dorwin, 15, 16, 37 

 "Teco" ring, 191 



Teeth, decay checked by fluorine, 

 269 



Telephone, 143 



Telescope, 196; predicted by Roger 

 Bacon, 272 



Television, 132, 133-148; cost of sets, 

 138; how it works, 144-147; net- 

 works, 135, 139; noctovision, 134; 

 problem of high-frequency waves, 

 146-147 



Tellurium, 181 



Tennessee Eastman Corporation, 165 



Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), 

 15, 175, 210 



Tesla, Nikola, 268 



Tetraethyl lead, 55 



Textiles, synthetic, 9, 157; Aralac, 

 170; from soy beans, 168; from 

 wood, 189, 190; nylon, 160, 169; 

 rayon, 169; Velon, 169; vinylidene 

 chloride, 169; Vinyon, 169 



Thermocouple, to generate electric- 

 ity, 265; for refrigerator, 265 



Thermionic emission, 1 16 



Thermoplastics, 163 



Thermosetting plastics, 163-164 



Thiokol Corporation, 154 



Thiokol RD, 154 



Thiokols, A, B, FA, 155 



Thomas, Dr. Phillips, 270 



Thyratron, 117-118 



Thyroid gland, 263 



Timber Engineering Company, 

 "Teco" ring, 191 



Time, 151 



Tin, 124, 180, 181, 197 



Tires, automobile, 43, 152, 154 



Tobin, R. B., 223 



Toennis, Dr. B., 250 



Toluol, from coal-tar, 160; from pe- 

 troleum, 162 



Torque, 68 



Toxic reactions, of sulfa drugs, 242; 

 none in penicillin, 243 



Traffic congestion, cost of, 56 



Tramp shipping, 112 



Transfusions, blood, 230-231 



Transmutation of matter, 262 



Transportation, air versus land, 86, 

 101; air versus sea, 113-114; glider 

 "trains," 90-92; improvements in, 



