英国工业革命首先从棉纺织业部门开始,在整个工业革命过程中,其他工业部门的技术革新都围绕这个轴心而展开。决定性原因是要与印度争夺棉织品国际市场,以确立英国经济帝国在世界的地位。当然,这也与新兴的棉纺织业较易使用新技术和新机器的特点有关,与棉花具有适合早期的机械操作的特殊纤维这一优点分不开。 The Industrial Revolution in England first started with the cotton textile sector. During the entire industrial revolution, technological innovations in other industrial sectors revolved around this axis. The decisive reason is to compete with India for the international cotton market in order to establish the position of the British economic empire in the world. Of course, this is also related to the easier use of new technologies and new machines in the emerging cotton textile industry, and the advantage that cotton has special fibers that are suitable for early mechanical operations.