The Factory System and the Factory ActsMethuen, 1894 - 184 pages |
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... eight or nine hundred years there were no factories The nearest approaches to such places remaining were the workmen's quarters attached to religious houses , to the castles of the more powerful nobles , and the king . In these , but ...
... eight or nine hundred years there were no factories The nearest approaches to such places remaining were the workmen's quarters attached to religious houses , to the castles of the more powerful nobles , and the king . In these , but ...
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... eight hundred , of which , he says , " there are foure hundred milnes in Surry , Kent , and Sussex alone . " Wood was the fuel exclusively used ; the establishments were owned by private capitalists ; and the organization of labour was ...
... eight hundred , of which , he says , " there are foure hundred milnes in Surry , Kent , and Sussex alone . " Wood was the fuel exclusively used ; the establishments were owned by private capitalists ; and the organization of labour was ...
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... eight shillings to half - a - guinea at his loom ; and his sons , if he had one , two , or three alongside of him , six or eight shillings per week ; but the great sheet anchor of all cottages and small farms was the labour attached to ...
... eight shillings to half - a - guinea at his loom ; and his sons , if he had one , two , or three alongside of him , six or eight shillings per week ; but the great sheet anchor of all cottages and small farms was the labour attached to ...
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... eight hands to prepare and spin yarn sufficient for the consumption of one weaver . " So long as English manufacture was principally for the home trade this disproportion was com- paratively unimportant , producers could adapt ...
... eight hands to prepare and spin yarn sufficient for the consumption of one weaver . " So long as English manufacture was principally for the home trade this disproportion was com- paratively unimportant , producers could adapt ...
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... eight of the clock at night , ” - three hours being allowed for meals : namely one hour for breakfast , one and a half for dinner , and half an hour for 66 noon - meate . " In winter the work - time was to be from five in the morning ...
... eight of the clock at night , ” - three hours being allowed for meals : namely one hour for breakfast , one and a half for dinner , and half an hour for 66 noon - meate . " In winter the work - time was to be from five in the morning ...
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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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