Statisticians attempt to record its achievements in terms of miles of railways built, factories opened, men and women employed, fortunes made, wages paid, cities founded, rivers spanned, boxes, bales, and tons produced.

统计学家试图根据铁路建设英里数、工厂开张数、男性和女性就业数、发财数、支付工资数、建立城市数、跨越河流数、箱数、捆数和吨数来记录它的成就。