The Factory System and the Factory ActsMethuen, 1894 - 184 pages |
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... means of escape from other modes of industry ; and the Factory Acts are so little partial in their operation , that it is difficult for anyone , not an expert , to say what is , and what is not ( within the compass of productive in ...
... means of escape from other modes of industry ; and the Factory Acts are so little partial in their operation , that it is difficult for anyone , not an expert , to say what is , and what is not ( within the compass of productive in ...
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... mean- ing and that with which we have here to deal . At what time precisely this transformation occurred is uncertain . Dr. Aikin , in a History of Manchester , published in 1793 , uses the words " mill " and " factory " indiscrimi ...
... mean- ing and that with which we have here to deal . At what time precisely this transformation occurred is uncertain . Dr. Aikin , in a History of Manchester , published in 1793 , uses the words " mill " and " factory " indiscrimi ...
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... mean all buildings and premises situated within any part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland wherein or within the close or curtilage of which steam , water , or any other mechanical power shall be used to move or work ...
... mean all buildings and premises situated within any part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland wherein or within the close or curtilage of which steam , water , or any other mechanical power shall be used to move or work ...
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... mean and sordid , and beneath the dignity of history . Aristotle would allow the title citizen only to those who needed not to earn a livelihood by labour ( Politics , iii . 3 ) , and held the highest industrial duty of a freeman to ...
... mean and sordid , and beneath the dignity of history . Aristotle would allow the title citizen only to those who needed not to earn a livelihood by labour ( Politics , iii . 3 ) , and held the highest industrial duty of a freeman to ...
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... means of organised labour not only did exist among very ancient races , but was a device familiar to times so remote as to long precede the dawn of history , to be , in fact , a recognised feature of the early Stone age , in the very ...
... means of organised labour not only did exist among very ancient races , but was a device familiar to times so remote as to long precede the dawn of history , to be , in fact , a recognised feature of the early Stone age , in the very ...
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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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