Temporary Advisory and Scientific Committee (, TKDN) was established in 1933 under the patronage of the

Ministry of Military Affairs Military of the Military may refer to: *Ministry of Military Affairs (Poland), a Polish government ministry during the Second Polish Republic and World War II *Ministry of War (imperial China) (兵部), a Chinese government ministry between the Su ...

in Poland. It was one of the first attempts in pre-Second World War Poland to institutionalise the army’s cooperation with the scientific community in order to increase the country's military and economic potential. The following eminent scientists participated in the work of the TKDN: Janusz Groszkowski, Maksymilian Huber, Stanisław Pawłowski, Mieczysław Pożaryski, Antoni Roman,

Bohdan Stefanowski Bohdan Stefanowski (17 June 1883 in Lublin – 3 January 1976 in Warsaw) was a Polish expert in thermodynamics, one of founders of the Warsaw school of thermodynamics, the first rector of Lodz University of Technology. After graduation from th ...

Wojciech Świętosławski Wojciech Alojzy Świętosławski (Polish pronunciation: ; 1881–1968) was a Polish physical chemist, who is considered the "father of modern thermochemistry". He developed a static method of cryometric measurement and a new method of testing co ...

, Czesław Witoszyński,

Mieczysław Wolfke Mieczysław Wolfke (29 May 1883 – 4 May 1947) was a Polish physicist, professor at the Warsaw University of Technology, the forerunner of holography and television. He discovered the method of solidification of helium as well as two types of l ...

and in 1936 Kazimierz Smoleński. The liaison officers of the Ministry of Military Affairs included: Col. Zagrodzki, MD, Col.

Stanisław Witkowski Stanisław Witkowski Order of the British Empire, CBE (Hon.) (23 April 1883 – 28 August 1957), was an officer, engineer and military industry organiser in the Polish Army, Order of the British Empire, Hononary Commander of the Order of the Briti ...

, Dipl.Eng, (Head of the War Industry Bureau), and Lt. Col. Leopold Gebel, (Deputy Head of the Army Administration Office, secretary to the TKDN). An increasingly turbulent situation in Europe necessitated the development of new weapons and equipment for the army. The scope of TKDN's work was very broad, ranging from upgrading existing weapons to experimental technologies (e.g. the electric rifle) The TKDN existed until the late 1930s.

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