透过科学美国人历代封面看科技发展史.docVIP

透过科学美国人历代封面看科技发展史 科学美国人杂志历史悠久，记录了科技发展的每一步。透过它的封面，我们来回味一下科技发展史。 窗体底端 Hoes Mammoth Rotary Printing Press, 1851 1851年Hoe建造的超大轮转印刷机1  This press, the largest of its kind when it was built, measured 40 feet in length. Originally constructed to be used by the New York Sun, this press eventually produced issues of Scientific American. 　　这台印刷机在它建成的时候，是当时世界上最大的同类产品。它高足有50英尺。这台印刷机原大打算提供给纽约太阳报使用，但最终却在为科学美国人服务。 Flying Machines of the Future, 1860 1860年发明家构想的未来的飞行器  Inventors have always been looking for ways to enable humans to fly. These sketches supposed to be somewhat fanciful depictions of flying machines, imagining possible modes for sustaining flight. 　　发明家们一直在寻找让人类翱翔于蓝天的方法。这些草图被认为是某种可持续飞行机器的模型设计图。 The War Steamer Merrimac, 1861 1861年的蒸汽战舰梅里马克号  This image of the USS Merrimac from 1861 was engraved under the direction of a mechanic who worked on her in the Confederate state of Virginia during the Civil War. Originally built in Massachusetts in 1855, the USS Merrimac was later turned into the first iron-clad ship. In 1862, renamed the CSS Virginia, she fought the USS Monitor in the historic first battle between iron-clad ships. 　　这幅图上是一艘1861年的美国军舰梅里马克号，它是在美国内战时期由一位在维吉尼亚州工作的工程师绘制的。最开始这艘船是在1855年的美国麻萨诸塞州完成的。之后在1862年，梅里马克号战舰被改装成第一艘由铁覆盖的船。在1862年，它被重新命名钢铁之梅里马克号。它曾和莫尼特号战舰开展了历史上第一次的钢铁战舰之间的战争。 Samuel Morse at the Morse Celebration, 1871 1871年塞缪尔·莫尔斯在摩斯庆典上 1 An intricate etching honors the invention of the telegraph by Samuel Morse. On this occasion, Scientific American reports, Morse signed his name along with the appendage, One of the few immortal names/ That are not born to die. The implication of his work did not go unnoticed, for messages could now be sent across vast distances in the blink of an eye. 　　这幅惊喜的图画是为了纪念塞缪尔·莫尔斯摩斯发面的电报法。在那个时候，科学美国人报道了莫尔斯将自己和下属的名字签署在“一些不该逝去的名字”之后。他的成绩并没有被人遗忘，正是他发明的技术，现在在眨眼之间信息就可以被发送到千里之外。2 The Science of the Horses Motion, 1878 走马灯的科学：1878年  Eadweard Muybridges sequence of still images taken on an automatic electro-photographic apparatus succeede