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In my own book about radio I recorded how, on one drive: “I caught up with the news, learnt some 17th-century history, and was startlingly educated by an unpretentious programme on the history of the stethoscope.”
在我自己写的关于无线电的书中，我记录了一次开车途中的经历：“我了解了最新新闻，学到了一些17世纪的历史，还被一档关于听诊器历史的朴实节目惊人地教育了一番。”
Yet these objects aren’t truly ephemeral, because they’re still here, decades, even centuries later.
然而这些物品并非真的转瞬即逝，因为几十年甚至几百年后它们依然存在。
Innovation and research have relied on public participation in science for centuries.
几个世纪以来，创新和研究一直依赖于公众对科学的参与。
It was a musician who discovered the planet Uranus in the 18th century by making his own telescope with mirrors composed of copper and tin.
18世纪，正是一位音乐家用铜锡合金制成的镜片自制望远镜，发现了天王星。
As Roma Agrawal explains in her new delightful book Nuts and Bolts, early 17th-century Virginians would sometimes burn down their homes if they were planning to relocate.
正如罗玛·阿格拉沃尔在她妙趣横生的新书《螺母与螺栓》中所解释的，17世纪早期的弗吉尼亚人在打算搬家时，有时会把自己的房子烧掉。
The example of early 17th-century Virginians is used to ____
17世纪早期弗吉尼亚人的例子是用来____