MASSACHUSETTS
INSTITUTE
OF
TECHGNOLOGY
Research Laboratory of Electronics
Quarterly Progress Report
April 15, 1947
Submitted by:
J
A
J
A Stratton
G Hill
B Wiesner
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Introduction
This report is the fifth of a series of quarterly progress reports issued
by the Researcn Laboratory of Electronics
of the Laboratory during the period
and contains a review of the activities
January 1
1947 through March 31
1947
In
accordance with a recent dec 4 sion of the Services Technical Advisory Committee
brief summaries of status are given for cost of the projects
discussions for the remaining ones
The groups reporting in
and more expanded
more detail are
Low Temperature Resear,.h (Magnetic Nuclear Resonance Experiments
Ultrasonics Research
Section IIIB,
Section IID5)
Communications and Related Projects
Sec-
tion IV
Tne seventh M I T
pre-war years
Profes or W
Physical Electronics Conference, an annual event in
was held on March 27
B
Nottingham
of the Physics Department
very actively
and 29 under the general direction of
While this Conference is primarily the responsibility
the Research Laboratory of Electronics participated
Visitors from all parts of the United States and representatives
from Canada and England were present
the fields of
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The free exchange of ideas by worzers in
principally photoelectric emission thermionic emission secondary
emission and gas discharge phenomena assured the success of the Conference and
demonstrated a general desire for its re-establishment as an annual event