The Factory System and the Factory ActsMethuen, 1894 - 184 pages |
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... kind , 1 and in this con- nection it will be of interest to enquire to what extent fac- tories and the Factory System were known , and were availed of , in ancient times : from which we have so much more to learn on social and ...
... kind , 1 and in this con- nection it will be of interest to enquire to what extent fac- tories and the Factory System were known , and were availed of , in ancient times : from which we have so much more to learn on social and ...
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... kind was to be found , but it was agglom- erated not combined industry : the operatives worked under no general labour system , and the produce was for use , not profit . Gradually , after the conquest by the Normans , other ...
... kind was to be found , but it was agglom- erated not combined industry : the operatives worked under no general labour system , and the produce was for use , not profit . Gradually , after the conquest by the Normans , other ...
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... kind . The names of three other factory masters belonging to this era have come down to history , Cuthbert of Kendal , Hodgkins of Halifax , and Martin Brian , or Byron , of Manchester . " Each of these , " says Anderson ( History of ...
... kind . The names of three other factory masters belonging to this era have come down to history , Cuthbert of Kendal , Hodgkins of Halifax , and Martin Brian , or Byron , of Manchester . " Each of these , " says Anderson ( History of ...
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... kind for his own use , and was applying it with success . And just about the same time another poor workman , one Thomas Highs , or Hayes , of Leigh , Lancashire , had , in conjunction with a local clock - maker , produced still another ...
... kind for his own use , and was applying it with success . And just about the same time another poor workman , one Thomas Highs , or Hayes , of Leigh , Lancashire , had , in conjunction with a local clock - maker , produced still another ...
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... kind . He not only found that the above report was true , but managed to obtain drawings of all parts of the machinery , to transmit them home in safety , and eventually to follow them himself . With these in his possession , and in ...
... kind . He not only found that the above report was true , but managed to obtain drawings of all parts of the machinery , to transmit them home in safety , and eventually to follow them himself . With these in his possession , and in ...
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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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