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Abstract, of Factory Act, 87; of Factory and Workshop Acts, 161
Accidents in factories legislated for, 87, 170

Adult Labour, of women, 86, 107, 110, 118, 124, 166; of men, 113,

122, 124, 150

Age Certificates, 75, 79, 101, 109, 164

Agriculture, and machinery, 19; not legislated for, 141

Agricultural Children's Act, 142

Aikin, Dr., meaning of the word "factory," I; Sheffield industries, 16
"Alfred" (History of The Factory Movement), on parish appren-
tices, 36; character of Sir Robert Peel, 57

Alkali Works, 130

Allen, Wm., factory reformer, 42

Anderson (History of Commerce), early master manufacturers in
England, II; description of Lombe's factory, 22

Apprentices; Apprentice Act, 2; abuse of labour of, 35; legislated
for, 54, 60

Arkwright, Sir Richard, and factory system, 19, 20, 21

Artistic industry, 151

Ashley, Lord, factory reformer, 42, 45, 65, 73, 83, 185; and agriculture,

45; introduces Mines Act, 83

Assyria, ancient factories, 6; labour system of, 50

Automatic, production, 3, 28; distribution, 28

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Cartwright, Rev. Mr., and the power loom, 20

Child, definition of, 75, 77, 109; and public entertainments, 138;
employment of, 45, 56, 58, 61, 74, 86, 93, 101, 109, 124, 136, 163
Chimney Sweeps, legislated for, 126

Cobbett, Wm., factory reformer, 44

Commissions, First Children's Employment, 46, 83, 87, ; Second Chil-

dren's Employment, 90, 100, 118, 141; First Royal, 74; Second,
91, 100; Third, 114

Committees of Enquiry on Factory labour, 58, 60, 65; on "Sweating
System," 120; Chimney Sweeps, 127

Cooke Taylor, Dr., on Egyptian factories, 5

Cotton Cloth (steaming) Act, 113, 168

Crompton, Samuel, inventor of "the Mule," 191

Cross, Sir Richard; views on factory legislation, 113

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Dale, David, proprietor of New Lanark Mills, 38

Daniel, Thomas, member of first "Short Time Committee," 40

Derby, first seat of modern factory system, 21, 33

Docks, 145

Doherty, John, member of first "Short Time Committee," 40

Domestic Service, and Factory Acts, 146

Domestic System of manufacture, 13, 15, 17, 118, note

Domestic Workshops, defined, 117; legislation for, 117, 167
Dyeing (and Bleaching) legislated for, 88, 104

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Edward III., establishes English woollen manufacture, 10
Egypt, ancient factories of, 5; labour system of, 31, 48, 50
Eldon, Lord Chancellor, on overworking children, 45, note
Explosives, legislated for, 131, 170

Fabrica, Roman, at Bath, 7, 24

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Factory, meaning of the word, I, 13, 48, 115, 140; and mill, 1, 2;
ancient factories, 5; mediæval, II; first modern 21; locations
of, 35

Factory Acts, 2, 13, 53, 61, 62, 63, 74, 85, 87 88, 95, 96, 104, 109,
113, 115, 132

Factory legislation, 30, 33, 35, 48, 52, 64, 95, 96, 137, 146, 153; and
politics, 64; future of, 157

Factory System, ancient, 7, 8; characteristics of modern form, 23;
philosophy of, 25, 106, 138; and industrial revolution, 29, 147;
and machinery, 3, 29; future of, 153

Fawcett, Professor; views on factory legislation, 112

French (Life of Crompton), first use of the word "factory," 2
Fencing machinery, 84, 87, 113, 122, 125, 169

Fielden, Mr., on parish apprentices, 36; factory reform, 44, 88
Fulling mills, early mention of, 10

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Graham, Sir James, and factory legislation, 84

Grant, Philip, member of first "Short Time Committee," 40

Grey, Sir George, and factory legislation, 89

Guilds, relation to industry, 8, 14, 32, 50, 152

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Half-time system, 84, 86, 101, 123, 165

Handicraft, definition of, 102

Hanway, Mr., and chimney sweeps, 127

Hargreaves, James, invents the spinning jenny, 19

Henderson, Mr., on women's industry, I10

Henry I., settles colonies of Flemish weavers in England, 9

Highs, Thomas, inventor of spinning machinery, 19

Hindley, Charles, factory reformer, 44, 82; advocates a limit on the use

of machinery, 82

Hobhouse, Sir J. C., factory reformer, 62, 63, 74

Home work, 94, 117, 148

Hours of work in factories, 166; in workshops, 167
Howell, Mr., on "sweating," 119

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India, factory system absent from, 29

Industrial Revolution, and factory system, 29, 96

Inspectors of Factories, 75, 84, 87, 104, 121, 124, 168; female, 125
Iron manufacture, Roman, 7; early English, 11, 23

Jack of Newbury, 10

James, Mr., on ancient factories, 5

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Kay, John, early spinning machinery, 19, note

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Lace Works, 88, 93

Laundries, 132

Literary industry, and factory legislation, 151

Local authorities, and factory legislation, 101, 121, 122, 124, 137

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