Since the steam engine was fired by coal, the large mills did not need to be located by rivers, as had mills that used water-driven machines.

由于蒸汽机是靠燃煤来驱动的，因此一些大型棉纺织厂就不再像那些使用水力驱动机器的工厂一样，必须依河而建。

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Some women became quiet and disappeared. Other women became mad, driven machines like me.

有些女人变得沉默、并消失了，另一些则变疯了，或者，成为被驱使的机器，跟我一样。

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Because volcanoes are gas-driven machines. An eruption is often preceded by an increase in discharged gas and by variations in its chemical composition.

因为火山就相当于一台气体驱动的机器，排放气体量的增加和气体化学成分的改变通常是喷发的前奏。

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Because computer-driven machines cut most of the standardized parts and joints, "we're free to be inefficient in assembly and finishing work, where the craft is most obviously expressed, " says Moser, who spends most of his time designing at the workbench.

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