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“REVOLUTION” is an overused word the latest footling change often hyped into the biggest revolution since the last one. But in the case of the industrial revolution, the mechanical transformation of Britain, and later Europe, during the 18th and 19th centuries, it is entirely justified. William Rosen, an American former editor and publisher, ranks it alongside the invention of agriculture as one of the two most important developments in history.
One peculiar characteristic of the industrial revolution is that it was, at least at first, confined to Britain. That is the mystery this book sets out to explore. Rather than a history of inventions, Mr Rosen’s book is a study of invention itself, the process of tinkering with an existing mechanism to make it better.
It begins with an evocative description of George Stephenson’s Rocket, a famous early steam engine, and traces the developments needed to make each of its individual components possible. Mr Rosen subscribes neither to the “great man” or the “historical inevitability” schools of history, and his account is wonderfully eclectic. Stalwarts of the industrial revolution such as Thomas Newcomen, a West Country engineer, rub shoulders with John Locke, a political philosopher, and Edward Coke, a lawyer and jurist who did much to shape the common-law traditions of intellectual property.

A. 어휘
brimstone 유황. footling 하찮은, 바보 같은.
hype 경기를 북돋우다, 기운 나게 하다, 피하주사, 선전.
transformation 변화, 變容(변용), 변형. rank 등급을 매기다.
peculiar 특유의, 별난, 기묘한. characteristic 특징.
confine 한정하다, 局限(국한)하다, 제한하다. explore 탐구하다.
tinker with 땜질하다, 결합하다. evocative 喚起(환기)하는.
description 記述(기술). steam engine 蒸氣機關(증기기관).
trace 추적하다. component 구성요소, 成分(성분), 부품.
subscribe ...to 의존하다, 증명하다, 신청하다.
inevitability 필연성, 불가피성. school 學派(학파).
account 보고(서), 記事(기사), 설명, 이야기.
eclectic 取捨選擇(취사선택)적인, 折衷的(절충적)인. Stalwarts 강건한 사람.
rub 문지르다. rub shoulders with 사귀다. jurist 법학자.
common-law 관습법, 不文法(불문법). intellectual property 지적 재산권.