The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-22
.'SCOPE TO OPEN
 NEW FRONTIER TO SCIENTISTS
Stanford EIectrOn Device to Magnify Bacteria
 I5O,OOO Times

Stanford riversity, Gal, Sept. a. CUP)- Construction of the worlds greatest electron microscope has been started in the laboratories of the physical science department here.
 It will have g magnifying power of l5000O times, which will ex- ceed by 50O00 times the greatest one built to date.
 The Instrument will be built under the direction of Dr. Ladi- slaus Martno, newly appointed as- sociate on the Stanford faculty, and one of the worlds outstanding experts on electron microscopes. The work will be carried on under S6S,000 grant from the Rocke- feller Foundation.
 The microscope under construc- ton, pr. Marton said, will be merely a service one" to cariy out Q vast number of scientific research problems.
 To Build Dream Scope
 Eventually, Dr. Marton will build one that will be the scien- tist,s dream of what . a microscope should be and that oiae will have a magnifying capacity of 100000 times. He declared this Is perfectly feasible.
 Dr. Marton began his develop lnent of electron microscopes eight years ago while working at. the niversity of Brussels. He built one of the first electron micro- scopes in the world, and was the fiIst man to turn such an appafa- tus on living matter. The subject was bacteria taken from the roots of Q rare orchid which 1t was slow ly killing.
 His fame brought him to she United States in 1888, and he joined the staff of the Radio Cor poration of America, collaborating in the construction of the first electron microscope to be built in this country.
 Earlier this year, he acted a. visiting professor on the subject at the University of Michigan and then was signed by Stanford. There are more than two dozen scientific research projects to be undertaken here as soon as the microscope is completed.
 Among these are bacteria which need further Investigation; various plant and animal tissues of which the secrets are not yet all known: chromosomes and heritary control- ling genes; and ysuper-small filter able viruseS that so far have es- capped adequate attention. May Show Polio Virus
 It is hoped especially to trap the filterable virus of infantile pay- alysis with the big microscope. Dr. Marton believes, as matter of fact, that he already has done this while at the University of Mich igan, and hopes with the bigger microscope to establish this beyond doubt.
 Other projects to be probed are the inner depths of paints and pigments, colloids like soap and rubber, and long list of indus trial products.
 "once we get c better insight Into the structure of any sub. stance" Dr. Marton declared, i've can ultimately bring about im- provements In the manufacture and production of any articles in which it Is used"
 Unlike the ordinary microscope which has a maximum magnifying power of 1000 times, the electron microscope uses electrons instead of light for seeing" the object magnified. Unlike tho ordinary microscope, the scientist does not see the object he Is studying but instead Q photograph of 1t in Its magnified size.
 The electrons pour down from the upper part of the microscope and are focused by passing through a series of electrified magnets til the image of the magnifled ob- feet can be photographed.