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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：自助论·摘录 56
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
After the trial was over, Mr. Heathcoat, on inquiry, found about six hundred machines at work after his patent, and he proceeded to levy royalty upon the owners of them, which amounted to a large sum. But the profits realised by the manufacturers of lace were very great, and the use of the machines rapidly extended; while the price of the article was reduced from five pounds the square yard to about five pence in the course of twenty-five years. During the same period the average annual returns of the lace-trade have been at least four millions sterling, and it gives remunerative employment to about 150,000 workpeople.
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定位：Excerpt 56 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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官司结束后，赫斯考特一查，发现约六百台机器在用他的专利，便向机主收专利费，数目很大。织蕾丝的厂家利润丰厚，机器用得越来越广；二十五年里，每平方码蕾丝从五英镑降到约五便士。同期蕾丝业年均收入至少四百万英镑，养活约十五万工人。核心是：好发明一旦被大量采用，专利费能带来大收入，同时产品价格大降、行业规模扩大、就业增加。这说明技术扩散的连锁效应。
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《自助》叙述赫斯考特专利诉讼获胜后的产业变化，展现19世纪英国蕾丝业机械化带来的经济影响。
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