Since electrical lines had not yet reached his neighborhood, Baekeland hooked up a steam engine from an old White steamautomobile to run an agitator.
因为电线尚未连到他的邻居，贝克·兰德从一个旧白色汽车勾起蒸汽机，来运行搅拌器。
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But what he means is a technological miracle of the kind that happens from time to time. The steam engine, the automobile, the computer, the Internet are all miracles.