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BETWEEN the abstract idea of an invention, or new scientific knowledge, to demonstrated utility, there is generally a wide gap, and to bridge this gap much work has to be done in special research laboratories. At the end of the War, Metropolitan-Vickers was one of the first large industrial organisations to realise the great part which scientific research would play in the development of industry. The building of the research laboratories, which now have a floor area of more than 40,000 square feet, was commenced in 1920. A rule has been made that all materials and products which enter the company's works as ‘raw materials' must be subjected to test by the Research Department. As this Department is in close touch with the works and factories which develop the raw materials, these tests have been a great help to suppliers in improving their products.
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Bridging the Gap: Metropolitan-Vickers Laboratories. Nature 136, 673 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136673b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/136673b0