In 1949, Rose became associate research manager, and then director of research in 1951; the company's work in this period included research into Procion dyes and Terylene ( an artificial fibre ).
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In a cottage behind Priestley s house, in the closing years of the 18th century, lived a Huguenot widow called Samuel Courtauld, founded the Courtauld dynasty of silk and artificial fibre manufacturers and a descendant founded the Courtauld Institute now in Somerset House.
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The original village dates back to the Domesday Book but the area became heavily industrialised in the 19th and early 20th centuries, with companies such as British Celanese ( now Celanese Corporation, the site of which has now closed ) who made cellulose acetate in World War I and later artificial fibres.
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Currently advanced tournament rock and roll dancers don't wear petticoats and jeans-as the original rock and roll dancers did-but rather "'multi-coloured "'costumes that are made of elastic artificial fibre and can only be purchased as individual pieces by special tailors.
