Index
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Advanced optical character reader (AOCR), 19
Aerial photographs, locating archaeological sites with, 42
Aerosol cans, 127
Air cushion vehicles (ACVs). See Hovercraft
Air mail, 18â19
Airplanes
determination by pilot of speed of, 282â283
and hurricane tracking, 25â26
landing in fog, 178â179
See also Boeing 747
Airports
metal detectors at, 96
postal facilities at, 18â19
Airspeed indicator (ASI), 282â283
American Telephone and Telegraph, phone-bugging detection service of, 168
Amniocentesis, and sex identification, 21â23
Animals
censuses of populations, 89â93
determination of endangered or extinct species, 92â93
AOCRs, 19
Archaeology
dating of artifacts, 261â263
locating of sites, 42â43
Aromatics, synthetic, 116â118
Art. See Art forgeries; Frescoes; Paintings
Art forgeries, detection of, 49â52
Artificial flavors, 116â118
Artificial insemination, 66â68
Artificial pacemaker. See Pacemaker
Astronauts, toilet facilities on spacecraft for, 229â230
Astronomy
calculation of speed of light, 70â71
prediction of solar eclipses, 84â87
See also Galaxies; Stars; Universe
Atomic fusion, 87
Australopithecus afarensis, 204â205
Automobile muffler, 224
Autopsy, determination of cause and time of death from, 207â210
Bacteria, petrophilic, 183
Balance or rhythm climbing, 59
Balloons, steering of, 94â95
Balls. See Fastball
Banks, and transfer of money between checking accounts, 152â154
Bar code, and mail, 19
Barometric pressure, navigation of homing pigeons and, 20
BBs, 66
Bees
location of food by, 56â58
reasons for building honeycombs, 53â56
Best-seller lists, determination of, 103â104
Bias belted tire, 60â61
âBig Bangâ theory, 121, 123â124, 212
Billboard painting, 188â190
Birds, counting of, 90
Boeing 747, air supply and pressurization, 176â178
Bombs, dogs sniffing out, 81â82
Bones, X ray of, 115
Books, best-seller lists of, 103â104
Bottle, whole fruit in, 27
Brachiosaurid. See âUltrasaurusâ
Brandy. See Pear brandy
Bridges. See Suspension bridges
Brooklyn Bridge, construction of, 156â158
Building, determination of cause of collapse from rubble, 146â148
See also Tall buildings
Bullets, tracing, 108â109
Cable cars, in San Francisco, 205â206
Camels, reasons for low water requirement of, 137â138
Canal, ships traveling upstream through, 233â234
Cancer, and radiation therapy, 154â155
Canning of corn, 135â136
âCapture, recaptureâ method, 89â93
Catgut, sources and uses of, 160
Caviar, collection and processing of, 273â275
Census of wild animals, 89â93
Cesium clock, 107
Checking accounts, transfer of money between, 152â154
Chemicals, for oil spill removal, 182â183
Cherries, fake, 224â225
Chickens, slaughter and processing of, 165
Choreography, notation for, 251â257
Choreology, 251, 255
Chromosomes, and sex determination, 22â23
Cigarettes, removal of tar from, 38â39
City, measurement of elevation of, 138â142
Coffee. See Instant coffee
Coins detection of slugs by vending machine, 118â119
selection of designs for, 34â35
âCold light,â 206â207
College entrance exams. See Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)
Computers and determination of causes of building collapse, 148
and low temperatures, 229
and prediction of solar eclipses, 86
and selection of taxpayers for audit, 79â80
Conductor, signs used by, 128â130
Conservation of paintings compared with restoration, 191â192
removal of frescoes, 277â279
Contac time-release capsule. See Time-release capsules
Continental drift, measurement of, 230â233
Corn production of ethanol from, 210â211
stripping from cob for canning, 135â136
Corpse, embalming of, 246â247
Crop disease, multispectral analysis of, 45
Currency, selection of picture on, 33â34. See also Money
Dance notation systems. See Choreography
Death, determination of cause and time of, 207â210. See also Embalming
Dentistry, r...