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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-03-06 human Rebecca Rigby updated 2026-01-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004994b.htm person Henshaw David Ernest MBE AACR2 1931 2008 Physicist Textile technologist In 1970, physicist David Ernest Henshaw was the primary inventor of the 'self-twist yarn' process. This technological advance increased woollen yarn-spinning production speed from a possible 20 metres per minute to 200. He was a research scientist at the CSIRO Division of Textile Technology at the time. 1956 1956 Career event - Joined the CSIRO Division of Textile Technology 1970 1970 Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) - In recognition of service to medical research 1970 1970 Career event - Invented the 'self-twist' yarn spinning process CSIRO Division of Textile Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1958 - 1988)

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 'Henshaw, David Ernest', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Henshaw, David Ernest Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Surprise and Enterprise: Fifty Years of Science for Australia: CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia) McKay, Andrew Surprise and Enterprise: Fifty Years of Science for Australia: CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia) Melbourne CSIRO 1976 Resource Section: David Ernest Henshaw Ward, C. David Ernest Henshaw Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Book: Australian inventions and innovations Ingpen, Robert Australian inventions and innovations Rigby Publishers Limited 1982