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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：自助论·摘录 118
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
Sir Humphry Davy, when an apothecary’s apprentice, performed his first experiments with instruments of the rudest description. He extemporised the greater part of them himself, out of the motley materials which chance threw in his way,—the pots and pans of the kitchen, and the phials and vessels of his master’s surgery. It happened that a French ship was wrecked off the Land’s End, and the surgeon escaped, bearing with him his case of instruments, amongst which was an old-fashioned glyster apparatus; this article he presented to Davy, with whom he had become acquainted. The apothecary’s apprentice received it with great exultation, and forthwith employed it as a part of a pneumatic apparatus which he contrived, afterwards using it to perform the duties of an air-pump in one of his experiments on the nature and sources of heat.
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定位：Excerpt 118 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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汉弗莱·戴维当药剂师学徒时，用最粗糙的器具做最初实验。他大多自己动手，用随手可得的杂七杂八材料临时拼凑装置，比如厨房的锅碗瓢盆和老板药房里的瓶子器皿。恰好一艘法国船在兰兹角附近失事，船上的外科医生逃生时带着一箱器械，其中有一个老式灌肠器；医生与戴维相识，就把这物件送给了他。小学徒欣喜若狂地收下，立刻把它用作自己设计的气动装置的一部分，后来还在关于热的本性和来源的实验中用它充当抽气泵。核心是：实验条件差没关系，善于利用手边一切资源，甚至别人的废弃物，也能做出重要发现。做法是：不追求完美设备，先用手头材料把想法付诸实践。
上下文
同出《自助》，戴维是英国化学家，曾发现多种元素，例子说明简陋工具也能成就科学。
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你手头有没有被忽视的“旧灌肠器”式物件，可以改造成实现某个想法的工具？
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