By devising an instrument made from a rod, wire, and lead balls, and employing uncommonly precise measurements, in 1797-1798 Henry Cavendish's apparatus enabled him to arrive at an astonishingly accurate figure for the weight of the earth.
By devising an instrument made from a rod, wire, and lead balls, and employing uncommonly precise measurements, in 1797–1798 Henry Cavendish's apparatus enabled him
In 1797–1798, by devising an instrument made from a rod, wire, and lead balls, and employing uncommonly precise measurements, Henry Cavendish's apparatus enabled him
Henry Cavendish devised an instrument made from a rod, wire, and lead balls, and employed uncommonly precise measurements, and in 1797–1798 was able
Having devised an instrument from a rod, wire, and lead balls, and employment of uncommonly precise measurements, Henry Cavendish in 1797–1798 was able
By devising an instrument made from a rod, wire, and lead balls, and employing uncommonly precise measurements, Henry Cavendish was able in 1797–1798
from several objects plus employment; using employed instead of employment of
would be one way of correctly pairing his two actions.
B选项:同理
C选项:三个句子都用and连接,显得笨重,前面两个并列的动作devised和employed可以用and 连接,但是后一个是一个新起的句子,直接就:In 1797-1798开头更好;
D选项:使用employ这个动词,好过用employment of commonly...这个名词;
awkward; the first two parts are best connected by and, but the final portion
expressing what Cavendish achieved would be better expressed, for example, as a
new sentence beginning, In 1797–1798, he employed.
C-and平行结构有问题
D-平行结构问题
A和E里面,具有enable能力的是人,不能是装置,排除A,剩E