Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Armsby ya sami karbuwa sosai a lokacin rayuwarsa. Ya sami digiri na girmamawa daga Jami'ar Wisconsin (1904), Jami'ar Yale (1920), da Cibiyar Nazarin Fasaha ta Worcester (1921). An zabe shi memba na Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Kasa, da Royal Society of Arts, da kuma Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry. An ba shi lambar zinare a baje kolin kasa da kasa na Panama-Pacific
a 1915 don samfurin calorimeter da ya tsara a Penn State. Wani rahoto da Ma'aikatar Aikin Gona ta Amirka ta bayar ya kira shi "mutum mafi muhimmanci a ƙasar nan da ya ƙware a binciken da ake yi game da abincin dabbobi".