水是机械动力的主要来源，而到了17世纪末，人们认为仅英格兰就有2万个左右的工作磨坊。

Water was the main source of mechanical power, and by the end of the seventeenth century, England alone is thought to have had some 20,000 working mills.

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工作室里备有基本设施，如暖气装置和自来水。

The studio had all the essentials like heating and running water.

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当然，太阳时钟只能在晴天工作；当温度下降到接近冰点时，水钟就会失灵，长期漂浮的东西因为下沉或堵塞而无法工作。

Sun clocks worked, of course, only on clear days; water clocks misbehaved when the temperature fell toward freezing, to say nothing of long-run drift as the result of sedimentation and clogging.

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So, the active part of the thermometer could be water. It could be alcohol, mercury, it could be a piece of metal.

那么温度计的工作部分,可以是水可以是酒精，水银，可以是一块金属。

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