CRITICAL COMMENTS ON SOVIET ARTICLES ON PHOTOGRAPHIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

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I Titles and Evaluations of Soviet Pore on Phyeioe Relating to Photoiraphy
1. "Infrared Radiation of the Night Shy and the Aurora Rorealio," B A 8 ar tekii
V I and M I Mordukhovich, Doklady Aked Nauls USSR 82: 5O 4j.a
1952. TFR
This paper is well written and noemingly original., with apperontly-reliable
results. Bagaryatskii and Mordulshovich axe both new in this field, this being
their first paper in the journal. Itrasovskii is well experienced in the field]
having published five papers since the and of 19118.
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2. "X-Ray Camera for Low Temperatures," L S Kan and B G Lazarev, J Tech Physics USSR 21:
1542-1543, No 12, 1951. (T-2180)
Originality,ingenuity, thoroughness and reliability are fhir. Lazarev is an
experienced low-temperature physicist. His publications date back to 1938. -Kan
has recently started publishing in this field-
3. "X-Ray Monochromator with Isogonic Crystal," Yu A Bagaryatskii and E V Kolontsova,
Zavodskaya Laboratoriya USSR 16: 955-962, No 8, 1950. (T-2192)
The originality of this paper is poor; ingenuity, thoroughness, and reliability
are average.' Bagaryatskii has been working in the field several years. Kolontsova
is new in the field.
4. "A Possibility for Increasi_.g in the Depth of Modulation in the Kerr Effect," N A Tolstoi
and P F Feofilov, Doklady Akad Nauk USSR 60: 219-221, No 2, 1948. (T-2238)
The specific matters treated in the article appear both valid and useful.' It is
doubtful that the idea of optically biasing a Kerr cell is original. Certainly its
novelty, in the sense of patent law, might be questioned on the grounds that the
broad idea of an "optical bias" with a quarter-wave plate is well known to those
skilled in the art. We do not feel that the authors were particularly ingenious or
thorough but some credit is certainly due to the first person who actually does a
thing, even though what he did may seem to be both simple and "obvious". The work
seems to be reliable.
5. "Elastic Stretching of Polymers," E I Bari, D M S itkovskii, and N N Melteva,,Doklady
Akad Nauk USSR 84': 257-260, No 2, 1952. (T-22
These data are not reliable. Theory has been incorrectly compared with the data.
We have no knowledge of author?s experience in this field.
6. "Diffraction of X-Rays by Bent Crystals. Kinematic Theory - A Case for the Transmittance,"
I B Borovskii and P A Bezirganyan, Doklady Akad Nauk USSR 88: 639-642, No 4, 1953.
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i.:; :er shows average originality. Ingenuity, thoroughness, and reliability
eem superior. Borovekii has published since 1948, but Bezirganyan appears to
be a new name in the literature (Chem Abstracts).
7. "Some Data on the Atmospheric Index of Scattering of Light," E V Pyaskovskaya-Fesenkove.,
Dolclady Akad Nsuk USSR 6: 921-924, No 5, 1952. (T-2203)
The general over-all quality of this paper is very good and the subject has
been covered quite well. Although no unusually high order of either originality
or ingenuity has been displayed, the results and conclusions do appear to be
reliable. This is the fist paper which we have seen by this author.
II Titles and Evaluations of Soviet Papers on Chemistry Relating to Photography
1. "gulfonation of Quinones," A P Terent'ev and A N Grinov, Doklady Akad Nauk bZ5R 81:
617-619, No 4, 1951. (T-21'71) ~` -
The paper seems satisfactory but of little interest. We do not know the authors.
2. "Quantum Theory of Spectroscopic Characteristics of the Hydrogen Bond," N D Sokolov,
Doklady Akad Nauk USSR 82: 369-372, No 3, 1952. (T-2181)
Superficiall; this paper seems like good work. The author is not listed in the
latest (],937-1946) Decennial Index to Chemical Abstracts, but he refers to two
previous articles he has published, in 1947 and 1948, in this field.
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"The Action of Amines on Several Thiac:rbocyanines Containing Alkoxy or Alkylmercapto
Groups in the Meso Position," N N Svesshnikkoov, I I i,evkoev, B S Portnaya, and R B
Libshits, Doklady A.kad. Nauk USSR 87-7-733-36, No 4,-1952. (T-2192_~_
The work is good, original, thorough, and reliable. Sveshnikov and Levkoev
are old authors in the field.
1+. "Absorption Spectra of Dibenzothiacarbocyanine Dyes in Dilute Gelatin Solution',
A V Borin, Doklady Akad Nau'_z USSR 86: 969-972, No 5, 1952. (T-2189)
Originality is not required for this work. The experiments were arranged in a
logical mariner but would not require much imaginative effort. The results are
limited, but the data seem reliable and convincing. The author shows a preference
for Soviet references. His work has appeared since about 1935-
5. "Phenyl-Substituted Quinocyanines," G T Pilyugin and Z Ya Kramer, Doklady Akad Nark
USSR 81: 609-612, No 4, 1951. (T?-2190)
The work duplicates in part work done in the US and reported 11 Apr 50 at the
Spring 1950 ACS meeting. Also summarized in C and E News by Nelson Leonard,
24 Apr 50. This Soviet work was reported to the Russian Academy of Sciences
4 Oct 51, and no reference to US work was made. The work is original (if they
didn't see US results first). We believe Pilyugin has published before.
6. "The Reaction of Methylene Bases of the Benzthiazole Series with Halogen Derivatives,"
F S Babichev and L I Kravchenl:o, Ukrainskii Khimicheskii Zhurna1 USSR 16: 199-205,
19507 (T-2-201)
The work is good so far as we can judge, and reliable and original. Babichev
has wor'ced and published with Kipr.anov who has published a great deal in this
field and is very good. Kravchenko is new to us.
7. "New Method of Sirrultrneous Micro-Determination of Fluorine, Hydrogen and Carbon in
Organic Compounds;" :;E Gel man and M 0 Korshun, Doklady Alcad Neuk USSR 89: 685-687,
No 4, 1953? (L-2!)
The idea of the authors to quantitatively determine fluorine by immediate
"absorption" of the liberated F in MgO and the simultaneous micro-determination
of C-H on the some sample is ingenious and original. If the results of the
authors can be reproduced by other laboratories with as great accuracy, much time will
be saved on this heretofore difficult-to-determine element, fluorine. The paper
is very poor regarding thoroughness of presentation. The authors appear to be
well versed in the field but no mention of their work has appeared in Chemical
Abstract Indices for the past tree years.
8. "Connection between the Maximum Light Sensitivity of a Photographic Emulsion, Its
Corresponding Fog Density, and the Accumulation of Non-Halide Silver on Ripening,"
I M Ratner, Doklady Akad Nauk USSR 64: 753-755, No 4, 1952. (T-2179)
The paper is very poorly presented. Neither the objectives of the work nor the
conclusions reached are made clear. The experimental data presented are very
meager. We would rate) the paper fair to poor in each of the categories of
originality, ingenuity, thoroughness, and reliability. A cursory examination of
Chemical Abstracts reveals only one other paper by this author in recent'years.
Apparently lie is a newcomer to this field but he appears to be associated with
the Chibieov-Titov group at the Doklady Akademii Nauk.
"Progress Made in the Field of Chemistry of Organo-Silicon Compounds," K A Andrianov
and A A Zhdanov, Progress in Chemistry USSR 21: 207-236, No 2, 1952. (T^2
This appears 'to be a good article of the review type and seems to be fairly
thorough. There are a groat many references, mostly from the Journal of the
American-Chemical Society, but also Soviet and others. K A Andrianov, apparently
the senior author, has published considerable work on the subject of silicones
and other resins, especially their use in t2. electrical and insulation field,
during the past 20 years or so, Judging by L .1os under his name in Cher'tcal
Abstracts. A number of the references he quotes as to silicone chemistry are to
his on experimental work. We do not find A A Zhadanov in Chemical Abstracts. Perhaps
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10. "Investigation of the Physical Structure of Synthetic Polyamides by the Method of
Vibration Spectr.," N V Mikhailov, D N Shigorin, and S P Makar'eva, Doklady Akad Nauk
USSR 87: 1009f1012, No 6, 1952. (T-2242T-
The paper seems to be a useful, though minor, contribution. Some of the con-
clusions differ from those of others in the field, to whose work they refer,
yet no mention is made of these differences. The authors are not very critical
of their c -n theories and fail to make experimental tests of them, when they
could and lshould do so. All three authors have published previously in the field
of physical chemistry.
11. "Study of Residual X-Ray Strains Produced in Metals by Homogeneous Plastic Deformation.
II." B N Rovinskii, J Tech PhysIUSSR, 21: 1325-1335, No 11, 1951. (T-2228)
Originality, ingenuity, thoroughness, and reliability are good. The author
seems to have had eight or more years' experience in the field.
12. "Absorption Spectra and Luminescence of Triphenylmethane," P P Feofilor and I G
Faerman, Doklady Akad Nauk USSR 87: 931-934, No 6, 1952. (T-22 0
The experiments in this report seem well conceived and competently executed.
Although no details are given, the authors indicate they have available modern
up-to-date' equipment, such as recording photoelectric spectrophotometers. At
its face value, this is quite good and original work. P P Feofilov has been
active in the field of dye absorption, fluorescence, etc, since about 1940.
I G Faerman appears to be a new name in the literature.
13. "Welc:_'.ng of Dry Collagen," G I Kutyanin, Doklady Akad Nauk USSR 82: 405-408, No 3,
1952.
('r-2184) The work described in this paper appears reliable but does not show any great
originality or ingenuity. As, is common with most Soviet investigators, per-
tinent data by other investigators are limited to Soviet investigators. The
author has published many.papers in the last six years, but not solely along this
line of investigation.
14. ' ":cella.riTies of Thermal Expansion of Gels and Gelatin Solutions," R E Neiman,
Doklady Akad Naul USZ-17; 82: 419-422, No 3, 1952. (T-2185)
No originality, '-Iut some ingenuity in handling the data is shown in this paper.
His conclusion:, n%e not in harmony with accepted theories. The author is exper-
ienced in the field. All references are to Soviet authors, all other investi-
gations being ignored.
15. "Continuous SuLfonati. of Benzene," A N Planovskii and S Z Kagan, Promyshlennoet
Organicheskoi Khim..a (USSR) I: 296-304, 150777 2'212)
Since we are not exports on the subject of sulfonation, it is difficult to
evaluate the article by Planovskii and Kagan. It contains a far more
extensive theoretical study of the problem than any other found so far.
Apparently! the authors are acquainted only with the pilot plant operations
and are fairly new to the field. The article makes no pretense to show
knowledge of actual plant operations.
16. "Electrophoretic Determination of Protein Fractions on Paper," A P Vis ov, D S
Dobrovol'ekii N V Ermekov and S ]'Ttikachinski', Doklady Akad Nault US R
1I 35-lJ 6, 19 ~?.-"~(1~-2241)
This paper gives a fairly good review of the subject, including numerous
important papers by investigators throughout the world. Little originality
and some ingenuity are shown;ionly meager data are given. The authors, so far
as we can ascertain, are inexperienced in this field.
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17. "Spectrophotometry of Biuret Complexes as a Method of Studying Albumins and
Peptides. XV. Use of the Biuret Reaction with Nickel in a Study of the Hydrolysis
of Gelatin," M I Plekhan and E N Voluiskaya, Zhurnal 0bshch Khim 22: 2168-2180,
No 12, 1952. (T-22 3
This work is' a continuation of earlier studies, the methods used previously
being employed in this study. The work appears reasonably thorough and
reliable. Only references to the existing literature are Soviet. The author
is experienced in this field.
18. "Thermal Capacity and Structure of Silicate Glasses," V V Tarasov and Ya S Savitskaya,
Doklady Akad Nauk USSR 88: 1019-22, No 6, 1953. (T-2272)
The fundamental ideas, alt;hough not very erudite, seem to be sound. The exper-
imental work, though not extensive, is all right, as far as we can tell from the
paper. Thu authors' concept of the structure of glasses, which they present as
their own, is essentially the same as (though less detailed than) one published
in 1940 by a US scientist, yet no mention is made of this work, nor of any other
non-Soviet work in this field. The senior author (Tarasov) refers to several
earlier papers of his in this field, dating from 1945. The junior author apparently
received his doctorate in '1952. "A F loffe", who is thanked for his interest
and help in this work, is, we believe,.the head of the Institute, a very able and
ingenious scientist.
19. "Amperometric Titration of Organic Development Agents by Means of a Revolving
Platinum Microelectrode," S G Bogdanov and N S Sulihobokova, Zh Analiticheskoi Khim
USSR 6: 344-347, No 6, 1951. T-22
This paper reports s, routine-type investigation with no particular originality.
The work appears to be of reasonable accuracy, but restricted to a very limited
range of concentrations of most of the developing agents used. We know of
only one other paper by Bogdanov and none, by Sukhobokova.
20. "Thermal Decomposition of Potassium and Sodium," V A Shushunov and A M Pavlov, Doklady
Akad Nauk USSR 1033-6, No 6, 1953? (T-2261)
This paper rates low in originality since extensive prior studies have been made
in this special field. The authors may be unaware of this work or have chosen
to male no reference to it. The paper rates average in ingenuity, thoroughness
and reliability. The senior author is experienced in this field of kinetics of
solid-gas systems. We can, find only one previous publication by the junior
author, which is in the field of organic synthesis.
21. "Photoluminescence of Sublimate Phosphor of S:?.ver Iodide," K V Shalimova and N S
Meudakov, Daklady Akad Nauk USSR 82: 575-578, No 4, 1952. (T-2153)
Shalimova has published on this subject before, but we do not believe he has
worked more than a few years in this field. His work does show originality
and ingenuity. The interpretation he offers for his observations seems
rather wild and cannot be considered as established without much additional
work.
III Titles and Evaluations of Soviet Papers in the Field of Photography
1. "Topochemical Transformations During Ripening and Finishing of Photographic Emulsions,"
K V Chibisov and A A Mikhailova, Trans Kino-Foto Scientific Research Institute USSR,
No 877r-97) 1947 (Fran e n 11948). (T-2177)
Chiblsov and Mikhailova have published extensively in this field. However,
we view their' microehemicp1 analyses of emulsions with suspicion, since it
has not been possible to repeat them in our laboratories.
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2. "Finishing Silver and the Formation of Fog," K V Chibisov and A A 'Piton, Trans Kino-
Foto Scientific Research Institute USSR, No 8, 95-104, 1947 (Printed in 1948). (T-2178)
Chibisov and Titov have published extensively for years on topics in this field.
They over-emphasize the importance of finishing silver as a component of chemical
sensitizing and underestimate the importance of sulfur sensitizing inlthis and
other publications. 1nzt the work reported here appears to be quite thorough
and reliable e
3. "New Data on the Nature of Photographic Sensitivity (Communication 101),"IK V
Chibisov and A A Titov, Trans Kino Foto Scientific Research Institute USSR, No 8,
115-125, 1947 (PrinteL in 1948). (T-2194)
These are experienced workers but their results must be regarded with caution,
since it has not been 'Fmonstrated in our laboratories that their analytical
methods are accurate.
4. "Effect of the Topography of Sensitivity Centers upon the Photographic Properties of
an Emulsion (Communication 101)," K V Chibisov, A A Titov, and A A Mikhailova, Trans
Kino-Foto Sc--entific Research Institute USSR, No 8, 105-114, 1947 (Printed in 1948).
(T-2195)
These are experienced workers, but their results must be regarded with caution
since it has not been demonstrated in our laboratories that their analytical
methods are accurate.
5- "Rotating Wedge Used itir the Optical Compensation of the Continuous Movement of the
Film," N A VV~al p~uss, Trans Kino-Foto Scientific Research Institute USSR, No 110, 77-78,
191+7 (Printedi1949). (T-2196)
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This workcis^very ^sketchy with no quantitative data. This is a rather unique idea
6. "New Principle of Frameless Motion Picture Reprcduction," N A Valyus, Trans Kino-Foto
Scientific Research Institute USSR, No 10, 107-109, 1947 (Printed in 1949). (T-2197)
Apparently the author has been in the field for some time (1938). This, like
others of his so-called "inventions", appears theoretically sound but impractical
for a number of reasons. He gives no quantitative data, and appears to be
interested in making a disclosure and claiming credit for it and hoping that
someone elsx- will work out the practical aspects. Substantially, the same system
has been used in this country in recent years for high-speed photography.
7. "Properties of Photographic Emulsions with Intermittent Exposures," A L Itartuzhanskii
and P V Meiklyer., .7 and Theoret Physics .21: 598-609, No 5, 1951? (T=
These workers have obtained what appear to be nice experimental results on
intermittency effect, but it appears almost certain that they have given a wrong
interpretation of their results. If interpreted properly, the results !obtained
would agrpe with those obtained by. previous workers. These workers apparently
are new in the field of intermittency effects, and no doubt they will later come
to a proper- interpretation of their results. The experimental work seems to have
been carried out with reasonable care and accuracy. The work presented shows little
ingenuity, being largely a repetition of the same type work carried out by a number
of earlier workers in the field.
8. "Properties of the Photographic Emulsions at Different Tomperatures," A L Kartuzhanskii
and P V Meiklyar, 7EMp and Theoret Physics.21: 693-700, No 6, 1951. (T-2188)
This work shows no special ingenuity or originality. It is largely a repetition of
work carried out by previous workers. A few new experiments were inc:luAed, but they,
add very little. The authors carried out their experiments witha.eonsi-."alle care,
and the. experimental results appear to be correct. However, the! interpretation
of the results,.in some oaeee, is open to question. The authors have done previous
work in photographic research, b.:t this appears to be one of their first jobs on
effects of tegperature variation.
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9. "Role of Alkali in Color Development," G P Faerman and N N Shishkina, J Physical
Chemistry (USSR) 25: 1026-1032, No 9, 1951. (T-2217)
We do not feel this work is worthy of publication. Originality and ingenuity
are nil. It is the sort of work that might be done to establish control of
processing of a given color material, but it is certainly no basis for a publi-
cation of any sort. The authors have apparently published several, prior papers
in the photographic field, but we are not familiar with the goal i c of these.
10. "Dependence of Photographic Properties of 1 ul.sion upon the Conditions of Recrystall-
ization Process," K V Chibisov and I M Ratner, Doklady Akad Nauk (USSR) 90: 71-73,
No 1, 1953. (T-2218)
This is a routine sturly of photographic sensitivity as influenced by the
bromide ion concentr-t.Lon during precipitation. The results are interesting
enough, much as to be, expected. and the work is probably rt1iar1P. .TbP thenrPtinal
analysis is very questionable. The authors draw an important conclusion, which T
has no real foundation in their data (attributing effects of bromide ion on
finishing to production of internal image) but which could have been confirmed
by simple experiments. One would guess that this conclusion is at least as likely
to be wrong as correct. The senior author, Chibisov, is an old hand at this type
of study. The name of Ratner first appears in Chemical Abstracts in 1952.
11. "Yield of Dyes During Color Development," S A Bo and A N Iordanskii, V S Cheltsov,
Doklady Akad Nauk (USSR) 84: 81-84, No 1, 1952. T--2223)
One of the authors, Iordanskii, has worked extensively in the color developer
field. This publication, like most of his earlier ones, contributes very little,
if any, to existing knowledge. All it does is add some more evidence to the
already well-established atoichiometric relationships of dye formation by color
development. Like all of the earlier papers by this author, this one is woefully
inadequate in that most of the experimental details are missing, so the reliability
of the conclusions cannot bA assessed. specifically, the conclusions in this
paper are based on a molar dye-to-silver ratio, which can be determined only if
the pure dyes are at hand for calibration purposes. Nowhere in the paper is
mention made of the pure dyes and their characteristics.
12. "Investigations in the Field of Physico-Chemica`.Processee for Obtaining Color
Photographic Wl""11 A M Brusilovakii, Trans Leningrad Inst Mot Pict Eng, No 2,
125-1.36, 1949. ('l'- 22)
There Cc..en't seem to be anything particularly now in his preparations, although
we haven't made a detailec ?tudy~ We are not familiar with the author.
13. "Resolving Power ., Photographic Emulsions for Electron Boame," N G Bushkin and
E N Vtorov, Izveetiya Akad Nauk USSR, Bar Fiz IZ: 403-409, 1951. (T-22
This work deals with an important question, both from a theoretical and
practical standpoint,,, tiWun 'Which there is very little literature of any merit.
It shows~?onsiderable originality and ingenuity. One very basic experimental
consideration is completely ignored in the report andsculd.make the results
absolutely unreliable if no adequate provisions were made to eliminate this
variable. Except for this factor, the work is reasonably, though not extra-
ordinarily, thorough. We should say the authors were more experienced in the
field of the physics of the photographic image than in electron microscopy, though
they seem to exhibit an adequate familiarity with the operational features
and the literature on the microscope.
14. "Electron Sonsitometry," N G 8ushlcin, I A Kovner~ P. N Vtorov, Izvr.etiya Akad Nauk
USSR, Ser Fiz, 15: 395-402, No 4?, 1951. (3
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The o?rer-all quality of thle work i -~'?esrs to be satisfactory. It is a straight.
forward job and involved no particular ingonuity since many other people have made
similar meaturements of electron sensitivity of emulsions. The results agree in
general with those obtained by previous workers. The work was carried out on a
rcc3ular electron microscope and required only familiarity with the operation of this
instrument. Presumably the authors have had previous experience on the electron
microscope.
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15. "Formation of Internal Centers as a Result of the Finishing Process of Photographic
Emulsions," K V Chitisov and I M Ratner, Dok Akad Nauk USSR 89: 329-332, No 2, 1953-
(T-2213)
The paper contains interesting observations on sensitization by hydrazine,
thiosulfate, and sodium sulfide of a routine nature and a considerable welter
of unsupported speculation. The senior author, Chibisov, has long worked in
this field. The junior author appears to be a new man, who has been fairly active
since 1951.
16. "Relation between Separate Stages of the Photographic Process," Ts S Arnol'd, Dok
Akad Nauk USSR 88: 289-291, No 2, 1953. (T-2237)
This hypothesis is original and ingenious, but neither thorough nor reliable.
Ts S Arnol'd's propo63 unified model of finishing, exposure, and development
breaks down. on comnerison with numerous types of emulsions. Arnol'd is a rnm-
parative newcomer in photographic investigation. He has publishea only one
other paper (1951, with Titov) according to Chemical Abstracts.
17. "Role of the Labile Sulfur Compounds in the Ripening of Photographic Emulsions,"
Ferenc Evva and 0szkar Sziman, Magyar Kemiai Folyoirat 59: 97-99, 1953? (T-2258)
This work attempts to demonstrate that no connection exists between the content
of labile sulfur in gelatins and coagulation ripening in chloride emulsions. The
attempt suffers from the fact that no good test for labile sulfur really exists.
It is shown that different thiourea derivatives behave quite differently with
respect to coagulation ripening, and this is not at all surprising. However, it
does not really. prove much of fundamental value. F Evva has published other
papers (3.951, 1952) in this field, but Sziman has not (Chemical Abstracts).
18. "New Methods for the Determination of Active Agents in Photographic Gelatin,"
Ferenc Evva, Magyar Kemiai Folyoirat 58: 43-48, Feb, 1953. (T-2235)
This appears to be a useful discussion of methods for determining the presence
of active sulfur (Feigl's re nt), reducers (Steigmann's method with thiobarbituric
acid) and restraining agents (the Amman-Brass nephelometric method). Whether the
methods themselves have much meafling in terms of emulsion behavior is an unsettled
question, however, F Evva has published other papers (1951, 1952) in this general
field (Chemical Abstracts),
19. "The Role of Potassium Iodide in Photographic Emulsions," M I Shor, Trans Leningrad
Inst Mot Pict Eng, No 2, 112-124, 1949. (T-2244)
This work appears to be reliable and reasonably thorough. It has no particular
originality, being simply a study of the various sensitometric effects observed
on adding iodide to paper emulsions. The results obtained are merely suggestive
of what would be observed in emulsions of different types from the ones used
here. M I Shor has apparently not published before in this or any other field
(Chemical Abstracts listings).
20. "Speeds of Reaction of a Relation between the Photographic Emulsion to Short-Exposure
and to Electrons," A L Kartuzhanakii, J Exp Phys USSR 22: 768-774, No 6, 1952. (T-2254)
The work described in this report appears to be of fair quality. The nature
of the work required little ingenuity. It is done with reasonable thoroughness
and can be presumed to be reliable. The author has undoubtedly been in this fib..3
of work for several years.
21. "Antihalosen Protection of Photographic Emulsions," M Mudrovcic, Arhiv ze. Itemiji' 22:
243;.257, 1950. (T-2257)
The author has been working on photography for some time at Zagreb. This is
one of the review papers which he writes at intervals, and is typical --a thorough,
rather uncritical survey of the patent literature.
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22. "The Resolving Power of Photograpbic Emulsions and of the Eye at Low Contrast,"
G A Istorain, Doklady Akad, Nauk, USSR 84: 273-275, No 2, 1952. (T-2260)
This is the second paper we have had translated by this author, both in 1952,
none earlier. The work is indifferent, and this is poorer than the first.
There are no references to Western work except one that came from a Soviet
reference, and no references to French work of the past ten years on the same
subject e e given. The work parallels work reported by Altman and Perrin in
recent Journal of the Optical Society of America.
23. "The Unique Nature of Sensitization and Desensitization of Photographic Emulsions,"
K V Chibisov, A A Mikhailova, and B G Varshaver, Doklady Akad Nauk USSR 88: 519-522,
No 3, 1953. (T-2270) -
Chibisov is well known in his field and did good work in the past. Lately his
work has been repetitious, and the experimental results seem dubious slnrA he Is
aeterminea to establish his theory. The present paper is not included in that
category, but is neither particularly ingenious nor very original.
24. "Calculation of Processes of Wet Treatment of Motion Picture Film," I B Blyumberg,
Trudy Leningradskogo Kinoinzhenerov (Trans Leningrad Inst Not Pict Eng), No 2,
90-98, 1949. (T-2234)
The author gets rather too involved to be of much value to the working engineer.
We do not know the author.
25. "The Form of ISO-Opacity of the Photographic ~nulSion, " P V Meiklyar, Doklady Akad Nauk
USSR 85: 1255-1258, No 6, 1952. (T-2268)
The paper shows Light originality and very little ingenuity. It is largely a
theoretical model to account for reciprocity law failure at low and high inten-
sities. The mechanism given for low intensity is probably all right but it is
not new. Very little experimental data are given to test theory. The work is
not very thorough. The author is experienced in this field.
26. "Computation of the Concentration of Solution Flowing Counter-currently Through
a Series of Tanks," A B Gur-Milner, Trans Leningrad Inst of Motion Pict Eng., No 2,
99-111, 1949. (T-224 )
This approcah is so detAlled and mathematically Involved that we question whether
it will be of value to any worker on the problems although we would not question
one originality. Originality, ingenuity, thoroughness, and reliability seem
ratiefactory.
27. "Absorption Spectrum of Internal Speaks in Lipp Emulsion Grains," E A Kirillov
and E A Neeteroyskaya, Doklady Akad Nauk USSR 88: 493-498, No 3, 1953? (T260-
The paper is an original contribution to photographic theory, and a rather
ingenious method is used, There is no tray to chock the reliability, but the
accuracy claimed is very satisfactory. One of the authors.. Kirillov) has worked
in the field of ?photographic science for at least twenty years.
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