The Factory System and the Factory ActsMethuen, 1894 - 184 pages |
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... further learn from the statement of Simon Sturtevant , a German metallurgist who ( in his Treatise De Metallica ) estimated the number of iron mills in England and Wales in 1612 at eight hundred , of which , he says , " there are foure ...
... further learn from the statement of Simon Sturtevant , a German metallurgist who ( in his Treatise De Metallica ) estimated the number of iron mills in England and Wales in 1612 at eight hundred , of which , he says , " there are foure ...
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... further great 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 ...
... further great 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 ...
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... further rules ; while the disuse of walled towns , proceeding contermin- ously , gave industry an opportunity of spreading out into the country that it had not enjoyed before . Foreign artizans ; and their English brethren ; " began ...
... further rules ; while the disuse of walled towns , proceeding contermin- ously , gave industry an opportunity of spreading out into the country that it had not enjoyed before . Foreign artizans ; and their English brethren ; " began ...
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... is mention of a much earlier one than either ( 1678 ) , in the joint names of Richard Dereham and Richard Haines , of which , however , nothing further is known . principles of these two in one ( called on that SPINNING MACHINERY 19.
... is mention of a much earlier one than either ( 1678 ) , in the joint names of Richard Dereham and Richard Haines , of which , however , nothing further is known . principles of these two in one ( called on that SPINNING MACHINERY 19.
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... Further , it was not in connection with any of those staples ( wool , flax , or cotton ) upon which the inventors of spinning machinery had hitherto exercised their ingenuity that it had its origin , but with quite another fibre . It ...
... Further , it was not in connection with any of those staples ( wool , flax , or cotton ) upon which the inventors of spinning machinery had hitherto exercised their ingenuity that it had its origin , but with quite another fibre . It ...
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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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