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[en] The article deals with the following topics: Milestones in the early history of radiation and radiation sources (1895-1954); Radiation effects - early observations and further development; Scope of radiation processing; Radiation processing in the Czech Lands (i.e. Bohemia + Moravia = the Czech part of Czechoslovakia or Austria-Hungary till 1918) (radiation sterilization of medical items; radiation processing of cable insulations; radiation preservation of objects of art and historical monuments; radiation modification of semiconductors; radiation synthesis of organic compounds; food irradiation; application of ionizing radiation in agriculture and gardening; radiation regeneration of water wells; radiation degradation of chlorinated biphenyls; radiation coloration of glass for decorative purposes; some other applications; and problems associated with practical radiation processing). An overview of 60Co gamma irradiators and electron accelerators installed at Czech institutions is presented in the tabular form. (P.A.)
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Folta, J. (ed.); National Technical Museum, Prague (Czech Republic); Society for the History of Science and Technology, Prague (Czech Republic); Acta Historiae Rerum Naturalium Necnon Technicarum. Prague Studies in the History of Science and Technology. New series; v. 9; 138 p; ISBN 987-80-7037-165-X; 
; 2007; p. 27-49; Narodni technicke muzeum; Prague (Czech Republic); Available for purchase from National Technical Museum, Kostelni 42, CZ-17078 Praha 7, Czech Republic, fax: +420 220 399 200, e-mail: jiri.grimm@ntm.cz; see also http://www.ntm.cz/data/seznamy/publikacni-cinnost.html; 2 tabs., 49 refs.
; 2007; p. 27-49; Narodni technicke muzeum; Prague (Czech Republic); Available for purchase from National Technical Museum, Kostelni 42, CZ-17078 Praha 7, Czech Republic, fax: +420 220 399 200, e-mail: jiri.grimm@ntm.cz; see also http://www.ntm.cz/data/seznamy/publikacni-cinnost.html; 2 tabs., 49 refs.