GLASS in the Atomic Age


World's oldest plastic will shield health and machines.
THE PET idea of self-styled camouflage experts early in the war was to build warplanes of glass so that they could not be seen. Glass airplanes never flew, but glass is being used, because of its strength, in airplanes, artificial arms and legs, bulletproof armor, arctic clothing, boats and canoes, fertilizer, surgical bandages and fillings for teeth. One large glass company now is producing glass in more than 4,000 different forms and has experimental projects covering some 300 more potential uses.