OFFICIAL USE ONLY trend towards measuring more minute effects, or observing events occurring in shorter times, or studying phenomena very remotely from our ordinary senses of perception places an cxtreme demand on the instru- mentation process, frequently requiring an elaborate chain of transducers, amplifiers, differentiatcrs, integrators or counters, On the other hand, advances in science and engineering have provided many new materials, devices and techniques, so that a vast array of radically new types of instruments are now available to accelerate the work of scientists, Furthermore, the instruments of instrument principles evolved to meet the nceds of one area of science find increasing utilization in quite different area cf scientific activity. For example, the electronic tools developed to meet the needs of the physical scientists are daily finding new applications in medicine and biology." Mr. Deal followed ani gave a very interesting review of a study made on the growth and size of andstatistics on the radiation instruments industry, He describcd the RIA exhibit at the Convention Hall in Philadelphia at the First International Congress and exhibit of the Instrument Society of America, The exhibit was comprised of four booths and the display emphasized the importance cf instruments to the different atomic energy activities, eae Continental aaa Mr, Corsbie previded the committee with a” statement of research trends for the Civil Defense “iaison Branch; a statement on Tentative Civil Effects Program -17 ~« OFFICTAL USE ONLY