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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:自助论·摘录 72
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
The chief commercial value of the invention consisted in its rendering the commoner sorts of cotton available for fine spinning. The manufacturers were thereby enabled to select the most suitable fibres for high-priced fabrics, and to produce the finer sorts of yarn in much larger quantities. It became possible by its means to make thread so fine that a length of 334 miles might be spun from a single pound weight of the prepared cotton, and, worked up into the finer sorts of lace, the original shilling’s worth of cotton-wool, before it passed into the hands of the consumer, might thus be increased to the value of between 300_l._ and 400_l._ sterling.
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定位:Excerpt 72 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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这项发明在商业上的主要价值,是让普通棉花也能用来纺细纱。制造商因此可以挑选最合适的纤维做高价布料,并大量生产更细的纱线。有了它,一磅处理过的棉花能纺出长达334英里的线,织成精细蕾丝后,原本只值一先令的棉毛,到消费者手里可能增值到三四百英镑。这说明技术改进能把廉价原料变成高附加值商品,关键在提升加工精度和扩大细纱产量。
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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助》一书,19世纪英国工业革命时期,强调发明与勤奋如何创造财富。
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你所在的领域,有没有一种方法能把普通材料加工成高价值产品?
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