Outline of the Polish Acousticians History. Part I (Until 1969)

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Authors

  • L. FILIPCZYŃSKI Ultrasonic Department, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

Abstract

This elaboration is devoted to the chronology of the most important events in the scientific life of Polish acousticians. The beginning of Polish acoustics is located in the thirties. Unfortunately, tragical situation of Polish during the Second World War stoped scientific progress on that field. Those scientific and engineering staff suffered the importance personal losses they have been deptived their employments. The staff has been submitted to the dispersion. The laboratories equipment have been destroyed or carried out by the occupant. Libraries and collections of books have been lossed in such way, that now we posses almost any original documentation related to that period. The rememberance to be keep in the form of scanty of notes prepared by Prof. Marek KWIEK (tragical deceased in 1962) and by Prof. Zbigniew Żyszkowski (deceased in 1988) and also reminescences of Prof. Ignacy Malecki allowed to reconstruct in fragmentary form history of the birth of Polish acoustics. After-year 1953, the activity of Polish acousticians is well-documented in the form of native and foreign scientific publications, books, handbooks, proceedings, list of papers of Polish acousticians [1-3] and also in the form of easy to attainment reports about scientific activity of Polish institutions, for example [5, 6, 20]. For that reason this period has been treated shortly.

References

[1] Bibliographic list of the Polish Acousticians's works 1945-1965 Arch. Akustyki, 2, 1, 3-68 (1967) (in Polish).

[2] Bibliographic list of the Polish acoustician's works 1966-1971. Arch. Akustyki, 7, 2, 3-77 (1972) (in Polish).

[3] Bibliographic list of the Polish acoustician's works 1971-1982 Arch. Akustyki 19, 1-2 1984 (in Polish).

[4] "Stefan Czarnecki" - rememberance. Arch. Akustyki, 17, 3-4, 209 (1982) (in Polish).

[5] Scientific Activity of Institute of Fundamental Technological Research PAN in 1962, PWN Warsaw 1963 (also following years up to the present year).

[6] Ten years of Electro-acoustics Chair activity. Offset edition by Technical University of Warsaw. Warsaw 1961 (in Polish).