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。
Between 1760 and 1850, the amount of raw cotton imported increased 230 times.
在1760年到1850年之间,原棉进口量增长了230倍。
But in warm climates, cotton, flax and other fibrous materials that grow on plants have also been used from ancient times to shade people's bodies from the Sun.
但是在温暖的气候,在植物上生长出的棉布,亚麻和其它纤维原料自远古时代,也同样被人们用于遮阳庇荫。
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