Radio age research, manufacturing, communications, broadcasting, television (1941)

STAFF MEMBERS OF THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES IN BUENOS AIRES EXAMINE A CONSOLE MODEL OF THE RCA ELECTRON MICROSCOPE. Electron Microscopes Abroad Scientists in Many Foreign Countries Are Using Instruments For Closer Studies of Natural Resources. NATURAL resources of many countries, in addition to the United States, are being submitted to closer study than ever before by means of electron microscopes. In a statement disclosing this fact, Meade Brunet, a Vice President of Radio Corporation of America and Managing Director of RCA Inter- national Division, said that eighty- five of the instruments produced by RCA now are used by research sci- entists and technicians outside of this country. "This activity emphasizes the in- creasing attention which some parts of the world are placing on the fuller development of natural re- sources, and shows a desire to in- crease benefits to the public through more exhaustive research," Mr. Brunet declared. "Many countries are examining their natural resources under these electronic 'super-eyes' to support broad national programs. Foreign scientists are stepping up their study of such vital resources as cotton, wood, coal, oil, rubber and silica, to mention a few raw mate- rials so necessary to employment and security." With a magnification of more than 100,000 diameters, the RCA electron microscope has become one of the most effective scientific re- [RADIO AGE 15] search tools, Mr. Brunet said. Its resolving power is from fifty to 100 times that of ordinary, laboratory microscopes, making possible the opening of vast new areas for in- vestigation. Approximately 200 are employed by American medical re- search laboratories, colleges and industrial organizations. "The electronic search carries over into manufacturing and fin- ished goods, as well as into the many fields of public health," said Mr. Brunet. "Orders from numer- ous agencies within a single coun- try indicate the variety of uses which foreign laboratories are find- ing for the RCA electron micro- scope. French industry, for exam- ple, is employing it for research in rubber, glass and silicas. A recent order brought to eight the number of RCA electron microscopes being used in France. "In Canada, where the electron microscope has been found of par- ticular value in forestry research, there are four of these instruments in operation. Argentina has four, and Brazil, seven, including one employed by the police in criminal investigation. "The British Medical and Agri- cultural Research Institutes, as well as the Cotton Research Bureau, are among the twelve purchasers of the RCA electron microscope in Eng- land. "Mexico's most recent purchase of an electron microscope is a spe- cially converted instrument for use in high altitudes. It has been or- dered by the Ministry of Agricul- ture at the Agricultural College of Chapingo. Others are being used in Mexico City by the Health De- partment, by the Agriculture Min- istry, and by the Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas for research in physical chemistry." Mr. Brunet mentioned a number of organizations as the first in their respective countries to install an RCA electron microscope: Admin- istracion Nacional de Combustibles Alcohol y Portland, in Montevideo, Uruguay; Institute Nacional de Higiene, in Havana, Cuba; the Uni- versity of Guayaquil, Ecuador; and Fouad University, in Cairo, Egypt. MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL CORPS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRAZIL WATCH DR. ORLANDO BAIOCCHI AS HE OPERATES AN RCA ELECTRON MICROSCOPE RECENTLY INSTALLED AT THE UNIVERSITY.