The Factory System and the Factory ActsMethuen, 1894 - 184 pages |
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... changes seem to require some explanation . The fundamental explanation resides , of course , in " The age and body of the time Its form and pressure : " - which have welded out those malleable materials into this new mass ; but a ...
... changes seem to require some explanation . The fundamental explanation resides , of course , in " The age and body of the time Its form and pressure : " - which have welded out those malleable materials into this new mass ; but a ...
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... changes which resulted from it , are of cardinal importance in the his- tory of English factory legislation . They will form the substance of some future chapters . It will suffice to say of them at present , that the general result was ...
... changes which resulted from it , are of cardinal importance in the his- tory of English factory legislation . They will form the substance of some future chapters . It will suffice to say of them at present , that the general result was ...
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... change and hope of gain . In the reign of Henry I. , in particular , a considerable colony of Flemish weavers ; driven across the sea owing to inundations in their own country settled here ; and were established by him chiefly on his ...
... change and hope of gain . In the reign of Henry I. , in particular , a considerable colony of Flemish weavers ; driven across the sea owing to inundations in their own country settled here ; and were established by him chiefly on his ...
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... changes in store . THE DOMESTIC SYSTEM . - But in the meanwhile another mode of industry had taken root in our congenial soil , rivalling for a while this nascent Factory System , sometimes even successfully . It has come to be called ...
... changes in store . THE DOMESTIC SYSTEM . - But in the meanwhile another mode of industry had taken root in our congenial soil , rivalling for a while this nascent Factory System , sometimes even successfully . It has come to be called ...
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... change , expresses himself on this subject as follows : - " In the year 1770 the land in our township was occupied by between fifty to sixty farmers ; rents to the best of my recollection did not exceed ten shillings per statute acre ...
... change , expresses himself on this subject as follows : - " In the year 1770 the land in our township was occupied by between fifty to sixty farmers ; rents to the best of my recollection did not exceed ten shillings per statute acre ...
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agitation appointed apprentices Author Bakehouses BARING GOULD Bill brought Buckram certificate child children and young cognate Committee cotton factories Crown 8vo domestic E. F. BENSON economic Edition employed employer enacted English enquiry establishments factories and workshops Factory Acts Factory Controversy factory inspectors factory law factory legislation factory or workshop factory reform GIBBINS GORDON BROWNE half Holidays hours of labour House Illustrated industry instance interest J. A. HOBSON Limewashing limited Lord Ashley machinery manufacture MARIE CORELLI master meals ment mills Modern Factory System motive power Non-Textile Factories notice novel occupations operation organzine Parliament particular passed present production proposed protection provisions purpose regulations result Robert Owen Saturday Sir Robert Peel spinning statute story supervision Ten Hours Bill textile factories thirteen tion trade volume W. G. COLLINGWOOD women woollen workers Workshop Act young persons
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