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THE new laboratories of the British Cotton Industry Research Association, at the Shirley Institute, Didsbury, Manchester, were formally opened by H.R.H. the Duke of York, K.G., on March 28. His Royal Highness was welcomed by the Chairman of the Council, Mr. Kenneth Lee, and the Director of Research, Dr. A. W. Crossley, in the presence of about 1500 guests, including representatives of most, of the Universities. Mr. Kenneth Lee gave a brief review of the development of mechanical skill in the cotton trade, and explained how it was that the present leaders in the industry had become so convinced of the need for scientific inquiry on a large scale that, with the help and encouragement of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, they had established an Association for research on a co-op erative basis. He spoke appreciatively of the help which University laboratories could contribute, and pleaded for their sympathetic co-operation, but he explained that the application of scientific methods and discoveries which were so much needed by the industry could be rendered most effectively by a group of scientific workers making their experiments in a special institution where they could obtain a closer knowledge of the processes involved than can be gained during an academic career.
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The British Cotton Industry Research Institute. Nature 109, 457–458 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109457a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/109457a0