He thereby transformed an inefficient pump of limited use into a steam engine of a thousand uses.

因此，他将应用范围有限且效率低的蒸汽泵改造成了应用范围广泛的蒸汽发动机。

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In 1941, the train would have been pulled by a steam engine.

1941年，火车可能已由蒸汽机车来牵引了。

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The Frenchman Denis Papin had the idea for a steam engine almost a hundred years before James Watt was born, but Denis never had enough money to build one.

法国人丹尼斯·帕潘在詹姆斯·瓦特出生前近百年就有了制造蒸汽机的想法，但是他从来没有足够的资金去建造这样一台机器。

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Similarly slim as against chunky figurines, building a pet grooming shop as opposed to a steam engine and so on.

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The carving of a steam engine in black granite rests on top of a plinth, which includes a montage of images representing the railway industry.

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Ford's first attempt at a genuine four-wheel vehicle, which he called the Quadricycle, used valves adapted from a steam engine and didn't have a reverse gear.

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