The Factory System and the Factory ActsMethuen, 1894 - 184 pages |
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... night . One water wheel gives motion to all the other movements , of which any one may be stopped separ- ately without obstructing the rest ; " and " one fire engine conveys warm air to every individual part of this vast machine ...
... night . One water wheel gives motion to all the other movements , of which any one may be stopped separ- ately without obstructing the rest ; " and " one fire engine conveys warm air to every individual part of this vast machine ...
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... night , and the protracted labour of the day , with respect to children , not only tends to diminish future expectations as to the general term of life and industry by impairing the strength and destroying the vital stamina of the ...
... night , and the protracted labour of the day , with respect to children , not only tends to diminish future expectations as to the general term of life and industry by impairing the strength and destroying the vital stamina of the ...
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... 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 until dark , with the ...
... 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 until dark , with the ...
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... night ( sec . iv . ) 5th . They are to be instructed every working day during the first four years of apprenticeship in reading , writing , and arithmetic " by some discreet and proper person , " the time so occupied to be counted out ...
... night ( sec . iv . ) 5th . They are to be instructed every working day during the first four years of apprenticeship in reading , writing , and arithmetic " by some discreet and proper person , " the time so occupied to be counted out ...
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... night work to all persons between nine and twenty - one years of age , fixing the time of labour for persons under eighteen at twelve hours per day and nine on Saturday , i . e . , sixty - nine hours per week ; but on the other hand the ...
... night work to all persons between nine and twenty - one years of age , fixing the time of labour for persons under eighteen at twelve hours per day and nine on Saturday , i . e . , sixty - nine hours per week ; but on the other hand the ...
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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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