Steam power did not merely spin cotton and roll iron; early in the new century, it also multiplied ten times over the amount of paper that a single worker could produce in a day.

蒸汽动力不仅可以用于纺织棉花和轧铁；新世纪早期，蒸汽机的使用同样大大提高了造纸的效率，蒸汽动力一天所生产的纸张总量是单个工人一天生产纸张总量的10倍。

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A rotary engine attached to the steam engine enabled shafts to be turned and machines to be driven, resulting in mills using steam power to spin and weave cotton.

连接在蒸汽机上的旋转式发动机使轴承转动，机器得以驱动，从而使得利用蒸汽动力纺线和织布的工厂出现。

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The proof test of cotton fibre is the foundation for determining the specifications and the structure of spinning machine's components, and is also the base of spin technics designing.

棉纺织的纤维检验是确定纺纱机工艺部件规格、结构以及纺纱工艺设计的依据，对成纱的产品质量影响较大。

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In effect, we have taught the cotton to spin itself.

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The country used to have factories to spin cotton into thread and there were even several textile factories producing clothes, but they've all shut their doors.

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