Person

Beck, Peter

Occupation
Leather Technologist

Summary

Peter Beck established the physical testing laboratory at the CSIRO Division of Wool Technology, leather group. Peter Beck was also part of the committee that organised the 1987 XIX International Congress of the International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies to be held in Melbourne.

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Books

  • Rivett, D.E.; Ward, C.W.; Beikin, L.M.; Ramshaw, J.A.; and Wiltshire, J.F.K., The Lennox Legacy: the History of the CSIRO Laboratory at 343 Royal Parade, Parkville (Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 1996), 384 pp. Details

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