Thomas Edison: Illuminating the World
Although the relationship between George Field and the often rash Edison had been notoriously strained, Daniel Field was one of the first to cordially welcome the now famous inventor to Brockton to construct his branch. It didn't take long, however, before the idealistic Field and the pragmatic Edison found themselves on a collision course on an issue that would make environmental history.
托马斯·爱迪生:照亮世界
尽管乔治·菲尔德和经常鲁莽行事的爱迪生之间的关系是出了名的紧张，但丹尼尔·菲尔德是第一个热情欢迎这位现在著名的发明家来到布罗克顿建立他的分支机构的人之一。然而，没过多久，理想主义的菲尔德和务实的爱迪生就发现他们在一个将创造环境历史的问题上发生了冲突。
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写一篇250字以内的文章，说明科学家的主要贡献。
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The circuit, which involved 150 of Edison's latest "600-hour 10-candle-watt bulbs," was connected to more than a dozen retail establishments, including a barber shop and a popular billiard hall that had formerly used "buzzing and blinking" arc lights.
By 5 P.M. - even though the event had not been publicized - a relatively large crowd had gathered at the school plant. At 6:15, Edison stepped over to the panel and threw the master switch.
这条电路包括爱迪生最新的“600小时10个蜡烛瓦灯泡”中的150个，与十几家零售企业相连，其中包括一家理发店和一个人气颇高的台球厅，该厅以前使用的是“嗡嗡作响、闪烁不停”的弧光灯。
到下午5点，尽管这个活动还没有公布，但已经有相当多的人聚集在学校的工厂里。6点15分，爱迪生走到控制板前，把主开关扔了出去。
It was a decision that made his unique Brockton Standardized System even more singular than originally designed. For the first time in history, it combined the high energy efficiency associated with type H (three wire) generation and distribution with the aesthetics associated with subterranean wiring.
这一决定使得他独特的布罗克顿标准化系统比最初设计的更加独特。它在历史上首次将H型(三线)发电和配电的高能效与地下布线的美观结合起来。
Accordingly, Edison promptly dropped the issue into the hands of Garrison. A hecklers convince an audience that the "mad wizard was about to blow up the whole village," Garrison readily turned the tables and made them the laughing stock.
Nonetheless, Garrison was hindered in his efforts to allay the local public's concern over the impact from Edison's proposed plan to use above-ground wiring. Field's warning that "a river of copper would cut through the branches of our ancient elm trees and eventually darken the blue sky over our village" was seared into the public mindset.
因此，爱迪生立即把这个问题交给了加里森。一名诘问者让观众相信“疯巫师要炸毁整个村庄”，加里森立刻扭转局势，让他们成为笑柄。
尽管如此，加里森在试图平息当地公众对爱迪生提出的使用地上线路的计划所带来影响的担忧时却遇到了阻碍。菲尔德警告说，“一条铜河会割断我们古老榆树的枝桠，最终使我们村上空的蓝天变暗”，这句话深深烙进了公众的脑海。
Once Edison's crew indicated that the branches of a number of the elm trees in the downtown area needed to be heavily trimmed to accommodate a 2000-foot extension cord, Field was asked to lead an opposition movemet. Recalling how "decaying" layers of telegraph wires, arc light wires, and telephone wires were such a blight, Field argued that Edison was about to "introduce similar havoc"in Brockton.
当爱迪生的工作人员指出市中心的一些榆树的树枝需要大量修剪以适应2000英尺长的延长线时，菲尔德被要求领导一场反对运动。回忆起电报线、弧光灯线和电话线是如何“腐朽”的，菲尔德认为爱迪生即将给布罗克顿带来“类似的灾难”。