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THE symposium held by the Society of Dyers and Colourists at Blackpool during September 25–27, to discuss recent advances in textile coloration, may prove to be of great importance, not only in the annals of the Society itself, but also in the modern history of the subject. The interests of the Society have always ranged very widely, including, at one end of the scale, the industrial production of tinctorial materials and processed fabrics, and, at the other, fundamental studies of textile fibre properties and the chemical and physical processes underlying the operations of dyeing, printing, finishing, etc. Increasingly in recent times, due principally to the growth in the physical sciences, and the narrowing specialization thereby encouraged, it has become difficult for workers situated at these antipodes to know about and to appreciate the significance of each other's work. This symposium marked a rapprochement perhaps more significant and more far-reaching than could properly be conveyed by the most careful and accurate summary of the material in the papers read and in the discussions which ensued.
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TURNER, H. Theory and Practice of Dyeing. Nature 160, 698–700 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160698a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/160698a0