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Purvis introduced the idea of the experimental tank to Japan. At this rather later phase, therefore, it is inconceivable that the Japanese concerned were unaware of this progress in the adoption of the experimental tank by many Western countries. As a matter of fact, at a discussion of Purvis’ paper, H. ’24 Does this contemporaneity then accurately indicate the level of Japanese naval architecture at the time of the adoption of the tank? Or, is estimating the time lag in the adoption of the tank in this manner fooling us?

However, the government-directed industrialization model and its revised versions are difficult to support as a satisfactory framework for explaining developments around the turn of the century. Although they may provide a first-degree approximation to the initial industrialization process, a significant departure from this process started about that time particularly in terms of the interaction between science, technology and industrial society. A new composite model provides a more consistent, realistic and fertile big picture of the changing institutional structure of this period based on comprehensive primary source evidence that follows, presented within a comparative perspective with Britain.

The levels of water in the upper vessels are not necessarily the same, and there can be more than two upper vessels. 4 Previous models of science and technology transfer Dimensions of ‘gatekeepers’ Clarification of the term ‘gatekeepers’ is in order here. After the introduction in 1943 of ‘gatekeepers’ as a conceptual tool in social science there appeared two streams in the development of the concept,46 one in the sociology of science, the other in organizational studies on technological innovations.

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