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.

发起工业革命的都是些手工业者，技工、钟匠、运河开凿者，以及铁匠，正是由于制造业根植乡间，使工业革命具有如此鲜明的英国特色。