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Artificial Protein Fibres: Their Conception and Preparation

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A PRINCIPAL aim of science in relation to industry is to elucidate for the industrialist the nature of his working materials. All fundamental research into the structure and properties of things is therefore of potential value to industry; but this is a platitude to the man of science. To the non-scientific majority, however, it is not yet so obvious, and it is still regrettably necessary to make play with the more spectacular discoveries in order to attract proper support for research.

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ASTBURY, W. Artificial Protein Fibres: Their Conception and Preparation. Nature 155, 501–503 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155501a0

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