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IN a discourse entitled “Industrial Research: A Business Man's View” delivered at the Royal Institution on December 15, Sir Kenneth Lee made some striking references to the place of research in industry, based largely on the actual experience of Messrs. Tootal Broadhurst Lee and Co., Ltd. Up to twenty-four years ago, they had no scientific staff connected with the business, and it was only experience gained during the War which induced them to make a direct attack by means of research on the production of cotton material like wool in its power to resist and recover from creasing. Sir Kenneth proceeded to outline briefly the steps which after fourteen years' work had enabled them to market successfully a creaseless cotton fabric.
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Research in the Cotton Industry. Nature 133, 316–317 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133316a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/133316a0