The idea for a facsimile transmission was first proposed by Scottish clockmaker Alexander Bain in 1843.

传真传输的设想由爱尔兰钟表匠亚历山大.贝恩于1843年首次提出。

The men who make it are craftsmen: the millwright, the watchmaker, the canal builder, the blacksmith.What makes the Industrial Revolution so peculiarly English is that it is rooted in the countryside.

发起工业革命的都手工业者，技工、钟表匠、运河凿者，以及铁匠，正由于业根植乡间才，使工业革命具有如此鲜明的英国特色。