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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:自助论·摘录 65
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
Vaucanson, however, did not confine himself merely to the making of automata. By reason of his ingenuity, Cardinal de Fleury appointed him inspector of the silk manufactories of France; and he was no sooner in office, than with his usual irrepressible instinct to invent, he proceeded to introduce improvements in silk machinery. One of these was his mill for thrown silk, which so excited the anger of the Lyons operatives, who feared the loss of employment through its means, that they pelted him with stones and had nearly killed him. He nevertheless went on inventing, and next produced a machine for weaving flowered silks, with a contrivance for giving a dressing to the thread, so as to render that of each bobbin or skein of an equal thickness.
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定位:Excerpt 65 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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沃康松并不只做自动人偶。因他心灵手巧,弗勒里红衣主教任命他为法国丝织业督察。他一上任,压不住的发明本能就推动他改进丝织机械。其中一项是捻丝磨机,里昂工人怕因此失业,愤怒地用石头砸他,差点要了他的命。他照样继续发明,又造出织花缎的机器,还带一个给丝线整理、让每只筒子或绞线的丝粗细一致的装置。
上下文
斯迈尔斯《自助》讲沃康松任丝织业督察后改进机械,遭工人暴力反对仍坚持发明。
今日一问
当你的改进可能让一些人失去工作,你会怎样兼顾创新与他们的处境?
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