text_original: "It seems," wrote Watt, "the meddlers are determined to be masters of us. To put a stop to fire engine mills, because they come in competition with water mills, would be as absurd as to put a stop to canals, because they inter  l UDJX ENGINE 22 INVENTIONS OF STEAM AND ELECTRIC POWER fere with wagoners. . . . The argument that men are deprived of a livelihood would put a stop to the use of all machines whereby labor is saved. Carry out this argu  ment, and we must do away with water mills themselves, and go back again to grinding com by hand labor."
text_transcription: IT SEEMS WROTE WAT THE MEDDLERS ARE DETERMINED TO BE MASTERS OF US TO PUT A STOP TO FIRE ENGINE MILLS BECAUSE THEY COME IN COMPETITION WITH WATER MILLS WOULD BE AS ABSURD AS TO PUT A STOP TO CANALS BECAUSE THEY INTERFERE WITH WAGGONERS THE ARGUMENT THAT MEN ARE DEPRIVED OF A LIVELIHOOD WOULD PUT A STOP TO THE USE OF ALL MACHINES WHEREBY LABOR IS SAVED CARRY OUT THIS ARGUMENT AND WE MUST DO AWAY WITH WATER MILLS THEMSELVES AND GO BACK TO GRINDING CORN BY HAND LABOR
phonemes: "ɪt sˈiːmz," ɹˈoʊt wˈɑːt, "ðə mˈɛdlɚz ɑːɹ dɪtˈɜːmɪnd təbi mˈæstɚz ʌv ˌʌs. tə pˌʊt ɐ stˈɑːp tə fˈaɪɚɹ ˈɛndʒɪn mˈɪlz, bɪkˈʌz ðeɪ kˈʌm ɪn kˌɑːmpətˈɪʃən wɪð wˈɔːɾɚ mˈɪlz, wʊd biː æz ɐbsˈɜːd æz tə pˌʊt ɐ stˈɑːp tə kənˈælz, bɪkˈʌz ðeɪ ɪntˈɜːɹ ˈɛl ˈʌdʒks ˈɛndʒɪn twˈɛnti tˈuː ɪnvˈɛnʃənz ʌv stˈiːm ænd ᵻlˈɛktɹɪk pˈaʊɚ fˈɪɹ wɪð wˈæɡənɚz. . . . ðɪ ˈɑːɹɡjuːmənt ðæt mˈɛn ɑːɹ dᵻpɹˈaɪvd əvə lˈaɪvlihˌʊd wʊd pˌʊt ɐ stˈɑːp tə ðə jˈuːs ʌv ˈɔːl məʃˈiːnz wˈɛɹbaɪ lˈeɪbɚɹ ɪz sˈeɪvd. kˈæɹi ˈaʊt ðɪs ˈɑːɹɡuː mˈɛnt, ænd wiː mˈʌst dˈuː ɐwˈeɪ wɪð wˈɔːɾɚ mˈɪlz ðɛmsˈɛlvz, ænd ɡˌoʊ bˈæk ɐɡˈɛn tə ɡɹˈaɪndɪŋ kˈɑːm baɪ hˈænd lˈeɪbɚ."