The Factory System and the Factory ActsMethuen, 1894 - 184 pages |
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... period . In the neighbourhood of these , other buildings would often gather in time , where the cloth - still spun and woven at home - might be dyed , and subjected to other processes , or where possibly all processes of manufacture ...
... period . In the neighbourhood of these , other buildings would often gather in time , where the cloth - still spun and woven at home - might be dyed , and subjected to other processes , or where possibly all processes of manufacture ...
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... periods of the cutlery manufacture was , that the former found shop - room , tools , every description of materials , and , of course , such capital as was necessary to carry on the business , paying the latter for work done generally ...
... periods of the cutlery manufacture was , that the former found shop - room , tools , every description of materials , and , of course , such capital as was necessary to carry on the business , paying the latter for work done generally ...
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... period of the Roman occupation . In the former of these water - power was sometimes used also ; to move the great tilt hammers , and for other purposes ; but such establishments were wide open spaces , where the workers were much ...
... period of the Roman occupation . In the former of these water - power was sometimes used also ; to move the great tilt hammers , and for other purposes ; but such establishments were wide open spaces , where the workers were much ...
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... period the great inventions for the treatment of wool and cotton fibre ( referred to in the last chapter ) had been coming into use , and in 1787 were likewise applied to flax.1 Almost immediately complaints began to be heard of abuses ...
... period the great inventions for the treatment of wool and cotton fibre ( referred to in the last chapter ) had been coming into use , and in 1787 were likewise applied to flax.1 Almost immediately complaints began to be heard of abuses ...
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... period of the day that might best suit their convenience . And so the matter rested for a period of about six years . Factory legislation presents at this epoch the appearance of a body of almost worthless laws , openly violated in a ...
... period of the day that might best suit their convenience . And so the matter rested for a period of about six years . Factory legislation presents at this epoch the appearance of a body of almost worthless laws , openly violated in a ...
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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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