Abstract
THE University of Lille has recently awarded a medal to Mr. W. T. Astbury, lecturer in textile physics in the University of Leeds, in recognition of the valuable work which he is carrying on in the Textile Industries Department of the University of Leeds in connexion with the investigation of the structure of animal fibres by means of X-rays. His recently published book on “The Fundamentals of Fibre Structure” shows great originality and has been very well received. Readers of NATURE will recall that much of Mr. Astbury's work has been described in letters and articles in our columns. Mr. Astbury received an invitation to deliver a lecture on this subject at a full session of the Thirteenth Congress of Industrial Chemistry which was held at Lille in September of this year. The University of Lille, in bestowing this honour upon Mr. Astbury, has wished to testify its appreciation of the value of his work in this field, and in particular to commemorate, in a tangible form, his contribution towards the success of-the Congress at Lille.”
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Mr. W. T. Astbury. Nature 132, 848 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132848a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/132848a0