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especially done considerable research on the platinum-rhodium-platinum 
thermocouple, reporting precision measurements of temperatures within the 
range of 300-1,100 C for a period of three years. 
The Time Service of the Institute, considered one of the best in 
the U.S.S.R., has designed and constructed instruments and devices for use 
in their observations. They were the first group to do serious research on 
astronomic pendulum clocks and synchronous motors used in conjunction with 
Quartz clocks. 
VNIIM's Kavgolovo Branch has reported work on magnetic-loss 
measurements of steels and other sheet materials. 
Various laboratories and departments have cooperated on the 
Institute's vast program of electrical, thermal, magnetic, optical, and 
mechanical measurements. Measuring and inspecting equipment adaptable to 
industrial applications has resulted from many of these projects, including 
interferometers for measuring very small lengths, photoelectric microscopes 
for checking line standards, optical pyrometers, piston pressure gages, a 
photoelectric profiloscope for surface-roughness measurements, mine survey- 
ing gyrocompasses, and an electrothermal comparator for checking micro- 
ammeters. 
One of the more notable long-term investigations (1947-1960) was 
the determination of the absolute value of the acceleration of the force of 
gravity by three independent methods. 
The Institute is now responsible for research on the problems of 
thermophysical measurements. They are studying and testing model devices 
in order to develop standard methods and improved instruments to facilitate 
exchange of information among groups engaged in this field. 
The Institute is also currently engaged in radiation-measurement 
research, including the design, development, and calibration of phosphor and 
polymer dosimeters and scintillators for X-rays, ultraviolet, beta, and 
alpha particles, and slow and fast neutrons. 
VNIIM publishes a Trudy and grants both the Doctor's and Candidate's 
Degrees. 
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Name: All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Mineral Raw Materials 
(Vsesoyuznyy nauchno-issledovatel'skiy institut mineral'nogo 
syr'ya--VIMS ) 
Address: Moscow, Pyzhevskiy pereulok, 7 
Director: I. V. Shmanenkova, Professor (1958) 
