如果说是蒸汽机的发明促成了第一次工业革命的话,那么也应该说是工业革命促成了电报和电话的发明。瓦特高效率蒸汽机的发明,是人类继发明用火之后在驯服自然力方面最伟大的成果。蒸汽机把火转化成动力,从而引发了动力革命,继而促成了工业革命。过去的手工业生产变成以蒸汽机为 If the invention of the steam engine contributed to the first industrial revolution, then it should be said that the industrial revolution led to the invention of telegraph and telephone. The invention of Watt’s high-efficiency steam engine was the greatest result of man’s natural ability to tame it after it was invented. The steam engine transformed the fire into motive power, which led to the power revolution, which in turn led to the industrial revolution. Past handicraft production turned to steam engine for