工作？就个人而不是一个大粉丝。在我参与之前，我更愿意仔细考虑它，并且很长一段时间。正如我在7月4日周末在今年7月4日的历史上，我对工作的雕刻带来了一些有趣的方向。希望这导致了一些有趣的机电性观察。
The first major modernization of work would be the use of windmills (actually 7th century Iran according one source) to turn millstones for grinding grain to make flour for bread. Somewhat unreliable, but efficient enough to supply small towns instead of each person doing it by hand.
历史学家认为风车在13世纪的十字军制度之后向欧洲迈进了欧洲。风车被广泛用作动力谷物研磨而不是使用工作动物的手段。这在欧洲普遍存在的解决方案，使用铣削和使用Archimedes螺丝升降水的标志性的荷兰风车也被记住使用风车。这种机器的这种安排给了荷兰人将水泵出低躺线的能力，并增加其有用的土地空间。
Similarly, we found water as a source of kinetic energy that can be harnessed to produce mechanical work. Kinda cool. At first glance it doesn’t look very useful from a mechanical standpoint. Water wheels are a viable means of doing something useful if there is water sufficient flow and lift to turn a wheel. There are water powered grinding mills operating today with historical roots going back to the 12th century.
Water powered anything involves fairly complex mechanical engineering. The rotation of the wheel has to be turned 90 degrees involving a crown or bevel gear arrangement. Gears and power takeoffs are needed to convert speeds needed for the specific task. Parts were made from wood until iron became a cost effective alternative. Material science of the time produced insights such as mating iron gears to wood gears to improve life and reduce noise.
然而，就生存而言，我们对饮用的水清洁至关重要。所以钻井水井和抽水是一个超级重要的任务。因此，有趣的是，对于澳大利亚，南非和西部美国澳大利亚，南非和西部美国所有使用的风车动力系统钻探水并集成了电力机构，以将风转子的旋转转换为往复垂直运动以进行泵送。
The early mechanization of work, not just milling grain and pumping water, is the first revolution; the mechanical revolution. Mechanisms used for making socks were in use in 1563. Machines that planted seeds in rows were built in 1708. Thomas Newcomen’s early steam engine for pump air and water into and out of coal mines was in use in 1712.
So the first part of the industrial revolution was well under way long before the advent of the steam engine. Sophisticated mechanical solutions were widely in use, and some understanding of the means to produce and apply them as well.
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