. ▁ ▁Leg acy ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁the ▁W roc ław - based ▁Military ▁Institute ▁for ▁Engineering ▁Technology ▁( W IT I ) ▁was ▁named ▁for ▁him . ▁This ▁Institute ▁has ▁the ▁first ▁prototype ▁Polish ▁mine ▁det ector ▁built ▁by ▁Kos ack i . ▁ ▁Name ▁ ▁During ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁Kos ack i ' s ▁name ▁was ▁class ified ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁protect ▁his ▁family , ▁which ▁had ▁remained ▁behind ▁in ▁German - h eld ▁Poland . ▁Therefore , ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁pat ents ▁were ▁submitted ▁under ▁pseud onym s , ▁including ▁" J ó zef ▁Kos ," ▁" K oz ack i " ▁and ▁" K oz ak ." ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁his ▁surname ▁is ▁often ▁given ▁err one ously ▁in ▁post war ▁histor i ography . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Bibli ography ▁▁ ▁Mike ▁C roll , ▁" The ▁History ▁of ▁Land min es ", ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁Great ▁Britain ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁by ▁Leo ▁Cooper , ▁an ▁im print ▁of ▁Pen ▁& ▁S word ▁Books ▁Ltd , ▁▁ ▁Model ski ▁T ade usz ▁( 1 9 8 6 ). ▁" The ▁Polish ▁Cont ribution ▁to ▁The ▁Ult imate ▁Al lied ▁Vict ory ▁in ▁The ▁Second ▁World ▁War " ▁p .   2 2 1 ▁ ▁" Time ▁Magazine "/ Can ad ian ▁Edition , ▁March ▁ 8 , ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁page ▁ 1 8 ▁ ▁Mie cz ys ław ▁Bor ch ól ski ▁" Z ▁s aper ami