Miernictwo elektryczne na politechnice w Gdańsku w latach 1904–1945
Electric Metrology at Gdańsk (German: Danziger) Polytechnic in 1904–1945

Summary/Abstract: Gdańsk (German: Danziger) Polytechnic was founded in 1904. The functioning of the Polytechnic was strongly related to Gdańsk; that is why in its history up to 1945 there are three periods: Prussian, die Freie Stadt Danzig (the Free City of Danzig), and the Second World War. Since the beginning one of the most important fields of teaching was electric engineering. The development in that field would not have been possible without electric metrology. That is why at the Polytechnic there had always been classes and lectures concerning that sphere, which required well- equipped labs and competent teaching staff. The classes in metrology at Gdańsk Polytechnic were taught by lecturer dr Konrad Simons, lecturer Heinrich Roth, a registered engineer, professor Waldemar Grix, professor Karl Küpfmüller, professor Hans Schwenkhagen, an engineer. From the very beginning the classes included such issues as measurement of electric current, voltage and power, electric current meters, testing of machines, the theory and precise mesurement of electric quantities. Until the mid- 930s many Poles studied at Gdańsk University, among whom there were some outstanding specialists in electric metrology working later at Polish universities: Edmund Romer (Silesian Polytechnic), and Stefan Jerzy Lebson (Warsaw Polytechnic). By virtue of the edict of the Ministers’ Council dated May 24th, 1945 the polytechnic was transformed into a Polish higher school and called ‘Politechnika Gdańska’. The labs of metrology are located in the same rooms, and the same equipment was used still a few years after the war.

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