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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:自助论·摘录 70

塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导

He had in the mean time been occupying much of his leisure with inventions, more particularly in connection with the weaving of cotton and the preparation of the staple for spinning. One of his earliest contrivances was an embroidering-machine, in which twenty needles were employed, working simultaneously; and he succeeded in accomplishing his object after about six months’ labour. For this invention, which he exhibited at the Exposition of 1834, he received a gold medal, and was decorated with the Legion of Honour. Other inventions quickly followed—an improved loom, a machine for measuring and folding fabrics, an improvement of the “bobbin and fly frames” of the English spinners, and a weft winding-machine, with various improvements in the machinery for preparing, spinning, and weaving silk and cotton. One of his most ingenious contrivances was his loom for weaving simultaneously two pieces of velvet or other piled fabric, united by the pile common to both, with a knife and traversing apparatus for separating the two fabrics when woven. But by far the most beautiful and ingenious of his inventions was the combing-machine, the history of which we now proceed shortly to describe.

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定位:Excerpt 70 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

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与此同时,他利用大量闲暇时间进行发明,特别是与棉织造和纺纱原料准备相关的发明。他最早的发明之一是一种刺绣机,使用二十根针同时工作;经过大约六个月的劳动,他成功实现了目标。对于这项发明,他在1834年的博览会上展出,获得金奖,并被授予荣誉军团勋章。其他发明很快接踵而至——改进的织机、测量和折叠织物的机器、英国纺纱机的“锭子和飞轮架”的改进、纬纱绕线机,以及在准备、纺纱和编织丝绸和棉花的机器方面的各种改进。他最巧妙的发明之一是同时织造两片天鹅绒或其他绒头织物的织机,两片织物由共同的绒头连接,并带有在织造后分离两片织物的刀和横动装置。但迄今为止最美丽和巧妙的发明是梳棉机,我们现在简要描述其历史。

上下文

斯迈尔斯列举海尔曼的多项发明,突出其创造力和勤奋,并引出最重要的梳棉机发明。

今日一问

我们是否能在日常工作中保持创造力和改进的热情?

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