Galileo did not invent the telescope, but on hearing, in 1609, that such an optical instrument had been made, he quickly built his own device from an organ pipe and spectacle lenses.

伽利略并没有发明望远镜，但在1609年听到有人制造了这种光学仪器后，他很快用管风琴管和眼镜镜片制造了自己的望远镜。

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If oil got into the production pipe from the bottom, then barriers that would have impeded its flow up the cavity around that pipe would have made little difference.

如果油流从油井底部进入到生产管线内，这个环绕在生产管线外部的阻隔体对阻止油流上升能起多大作用呢，两者的差异将会非常小。

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Andrew jacks on also had a pipe made from a corncob.

安德鲁·杰克逊也有一个用玉米棒子芯制成的烟斗。

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Native American-made pipe tomahawks from the 19th and early 20th centuries are supreme examples of all-in-one technology: The metal tomahawk blade was topped with a neat little tobacco bowl, and the wooden handle was hollowed out so the warrior could puff when he wasn't whacking someone.

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