They were thus the pioneers of mechanical engineering and served as examples and teachers to other branches of engineering.
2
这种分析机本来会用成串的雅卡尔打孔卡控制一只机械计算器——今日计算机编程法的先驱。
The engine would have used loops of Jacquard's punched CARDS to control a mechanical calculator - the forerunner of today's methods of computer programming.
3
英国是古代农业先驱,他们抢先在农业中引进迷信和机械。
The British were pioneers in modern agriculture and were among the first to bring science and machinery to farming.