Yet, as the night wore on, and their strange guests took hearty gulps of wine, the clay vessel never ran dry.

然而，随着夜幕降临，他们的陌生客人们大口大口地喝着酒，陶器却从未干涸。

And that some ancient inventor later discovered that if you use them together with iron rods and some liquid in a clay vessel, they will produce electricity.

一些古代发明家后来发现， 如果将它们与铁棒和粘土容器中的一些液体一起使用， 它们就会发电。