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ANOTHER chair of the newly founded New South Wales University of Technology (see Nature, August 13, p. 287) has been filled by the appointment of Mr. N. F. .Astbury to be professor of applied physics. On leaving the University of Cambridge, Mr. Astbury joinedy he staff of the National Physical Laboratory and became responsible for much of the work on primary and secondary electrical standards, including the re-establishment of the primary inductance standard and a redetermination of the ohm with Hartshorn. During the War he worked on problems of harbour defence and electro-acoustics in the Royal Naval Scientific Service, and in 1945 joined Joseph Sankey and Sons to organise a research laboratory. This became the central laboratory of the Guest, Keen and Nettlefold group of companies, and Mr. Astbury is at present the director there. Be has taken part in work on the processing and properties of electrical sheet-steel and has expanded the organisation to deal with a wide range of problems in applied physics.
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Applied Physics at the New South Wales University of Technology : Mr. N. F. Astbury. Nature 164, 560 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164560a0
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