REVIEWS ATOMIC RESEARCH IN POLAND; SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT EXPOSITION

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• Publication Date: February 20, 1951
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RAD-O BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY Poland; USSR; Satiellites DATE OF
? INFORMATION 1?50
SUBJECT Scientific - rayeics, rcaearch equipment
atomic research
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PUBLISHED Weekly, daily newspapers
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PUBLISHED" Franla?urt/Main; Warsaw
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CIIIITTERID IIQ WARSAW IftSTI'1'[fPE -- Frankfurt Main, Wiadomosci Polskie, 3 Sep 50
Polish atomic research is centered in Warsaw in the fnatit:ute of Experi-
mental Physics, which was organized and is directed by Professor Stefan Pien-
kowski, Professor Piexikoweki, a physicist of internationa'_ rr"' `?'? aa.? re-
??? ceived many distinctions, including honorary degrees in foreign .?iiversities
and membership ip,:international commissions and scientific societies. He is
vice-president oY the Polish Academy of Learning and chairman of the mathematics
and physics section of the first Polish Scientific Congress. In 1949 he re-
ceived the award for science Prom the city of Warsaw. His work in the field oY
experimental physics, including X-ray and nuclear physics, gained worldwide
recognition. ?
The Inetitute.of Experimental Physics is conducting research oa atomic and
molecular optics, X-rays, atomimn, electronics, end ini~a-red rays. Research
is to be further expanded by activating, in 1951, the department oY electron
microscopy which will embrace also electronic diffraction, and;. in 1952, a de-
partment of the physics oY isotopes.
A re^+arkable feature of the work of the Institute of Ezperimental Physics
is the .close association between theory and practice. The research in atomic
optics has practical value in the processing oY metals, fibers, and textiles.
The Institute oY Exper.imental Physics is composed oY Your university faculties --
tt,~o experimental physics.faculties the fr.ulty oY electronics and radiology,
Ic; ?. I and the faculty of atom' am a The ins*.itute ? s laboratories are used by many
schools of higher e'.uca~ion in Warsaw, including the Medical Academy, and the
Main School of Ru~.sl Economy. About 1,600 undergraduate students use the labor-
atories annuall,~. The laboratories for graduate studies are used for the pr~-
ar~.tic~n of these for the master's degree and for the doctorate.
the institute was opened in 1919. During the war, the occupation forces
destroyed the installations, scientific equipment, boop collections, and parts
of the building. In 1945 the government helped to rebuild the institute. A
very modern laboratory for nuclear physics is being built underground.- Soviet
scientists were the first to come_to the aid oY the institute by offering valu-
able spectrographic-equipment. ,
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EXiiiBIT SCIEi~TITIC RESEARCH EQUIPMEPi'i' -- Warsaw, Rzeczpospolita, 2 Jul 50
,r, scic~,tific and research equipment exhibit to be held in July in War-
sa~: i.~ the first cif its kind in the world. It is a proof oY the close cooper-
atir:n betwN~n Poland, the USSR, and the Peoples' Democracies. The exhibit will
als?.. acquaint Poiisn scicntiats and technicians with the achievements of these
county::~s in this field and will faci'i.tate the ordering oY various scientific
anfl factory laboratory Aquipment.
iiuring the war, the equipmer`. of scientific institutes and industrial lab-
cr,toriF was a most complete,/ destroyed. What equipment remained was obsr?'ete
because of scientific discoveries and could not be used. After the war, the
instit~art; were rebuilt and new voc~~ional schools and higher schools were built.
Indusr.ry was rehabilitated and required factory research laboratories to estab-
lish nr~rms and control production. Research institutes were also being organized.
Domestic production of equipment, which even before the rise was very small,
could not supply the demand. Science and industry had to depend on imports which
were very difficult to secure.
In recent times most equipment has been imported from the USSR, the German
Dr~nocratic Republic, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary. In 1949, the USSR supplied
equipraeni on consignment permitting sciec.:ific institutes to comrtete their plane.
The Six-Year Plan provides for a great expansion oY industry. Besides train-
ing experts, Poland will have to provide the required scientific research equipmaent.
The USSR and People's Democracies will supply part of the equipment and domestic
industry will supply the rest. Scientific research institutes in Poi.and have al-
ready developed several models of require3 instruments.
The July exhibit in Warsaw will include the following equipment Prom the USSR
and Peoples` Democracies: endurance-testing apparatus; X-ray end other apparatus
for testing the composition of materials; various optical equipa:ant including fac-
tory microscopes, photometers, spectrometers, refractometers, and calorimeters;
chemical laboratory equipment; laboratory appliances; equipment for special re-
search; geodetic equipment; hydrological and meteorological equipment; supersonic
equipment; electrical measuring equipment; oscillators and oscillographs; and other
i.tema.
The USSR will exhibit various equipment, ranging from elementary school equip-
ment to very complicated tensile-strength testing machines. The exhibit will in-
clade general purpose microscopes, large tool microscopes, pol.atimeters, bioloF..ical
polariscopes, dark field condensers, and others. The microphotometer and the
quartz spectrograph are outstanding Yor their precision. This type oY equipment
has been produced heretofore only in England and the United States.
The German Democratic Republic has greatly developed its precision int~tru-
ment production. Fine precision optical instruments, electri~~~t~ei~xhibited.
ment, osc1~"ographs?, and many types of etre.?gth-testing appar?
Czechoslovakia and Hungary have also developed the precision instr~ent and
optical industry. Czechoslovakia manufactures interesting apparatus Yor the analy-
sis oP the structurF of materials, optical equipment, and electrical equipment.
Hangar}? slSr:. h^-. ~: wall-developed indnatry for the production oY electrical
apparatus, strength-?t~sting machinery, and X-ray apparatus for structural analysis;
Polish industry produces the larger microscopes, strength-testing machines
and apparatus, electro-technical, chemistry, and physics epparatvs, telecommuni-
cations an3 other equipment.
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