NASA_Orion | 1 points | Jan 07 2022 07:39:06

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大炮不是簡單的一根鐵管子，而是需要大量複雜的機械組件。和所謂明朝的“先進火器”根本不是一回事。

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&rt;It seems to be a just remark that in all mechanical arts and manufactures the Chinese content themselves with the processes and methods of operation already known, which they imitate without the smallest change or deviation, and without ever enquiring whether they might be improved by any addition or alteration in the mode of conducting them.
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&rt;在所有的机械艺术和制造业中，中国人都满足于已经知道的操作过程和方法，他们模仿这些过程和方法，没有丝毫的改变或偏差，也没有问过他们是否可以通过增加或改变操作方式来加以改进，这似乎是一个公正的评论。(DeepL)
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&rt;---Dr.Gillan's Observations on the state of Medicine, Surgery and Chemistry in China (1794)