In the early 1960s, researchers tried firing rockets trailing wires into thunderclouds to set up an easy discharge path for the huge electric charges that these clouds generate.

在20世纪60年代早期，研究人员试图将火箭尾部的电线发射到雷云中，以便于为这些雷云产生的巨大电荷建立一个简单的放电路径。

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Thomas Edison built General Electric on the foundation of an improved way to transmit messages down telegraph wires, which he cooked up himself.

汤玛斯·爱迪生改进了由电话线传递信息的方法，并以此为基础建立了通用电气。

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Rubber is used to insulate electric wires.

橡胶被用来使电线与外界绝缘。

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Myelin works in the same way that protective coverings work on electric wires.

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