第八章 The Industrial Revolution 工业革命
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preneurs made a considerable contribution to building up industrial activity along the rivers Ruhr und Emscher. ??In 1863 Ernest Solvay set up a pioneering business with his first factory in Charleroi. He had invented a revolutionary process for producing soda chemically. Soda was a basic material used in making glass， soap and chemicals. The Solvay works grew to become a huge concern， which nowadays produces chemical products， synthetic materials and pharmaceutical goods all over the world. ??Towards the end of the 19th century the industrial areas in Belgium were the breeding grounds of the European working class movement. On more than one occasion bad working conditions in