A handbook to the industries of the British Isles and the United StatesD. Rogue, 1882 - 220 pages |
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... increasing iron district in Lincolnshire , in the neighbourhood of Brigg , which has arisen since the discovery of iron ore there . Chesterfield in Derby- shire , and the Erewash Valley on the borders of that county and of Nottingham ...
... increasing iron district in Lincolnshire , in the neighbourhood of Brigg , which has arisen since the discovery of iron ore there . Chesterfield in Derby- shire , and the Erewash Valley on the borders of that county and of Nottingham ...
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... increased , that the population of the Stafford- shire potteries during the present century has mounted up from 23,626 to 187,225 , though a very large number of these are engaged also in iron and coal works . But of the whole pottery ...
... increased , that the population of the Stafford- shire potteries during the present century has mounted up from 23,626 to 187,225 , though a very large number of these are engaged also in iron and coal works . But of the whole pottery ...
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... increased their machinery both in quantity and quality of late years , and can therefore produce yarns and cotton goods for their own countries , which we used to supply in former days . France does not take so much yarn from us as ...
... increased their machinery both in quantity and quality of late years , and can therefore produce yarns and cotton goods for their own countries , which we used to supply in former days . France does not take so much yarn from us as ...
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... increasing town is the headquarters ; Saltaire , a place of quite recent growth , where the alpaca manufacture is car- ried on ; Halifax and Huddersfield , for woollen and worsted goods and coatings ; Wakefield , for woollen hosiery ...
... increasing town is the headquarters ; Saltaire , a place of quite recent growth , where the alpaca manufacture is car- ried on ; Halifax and Huddersfield , for woollen and worsted goods and coatings ; Wakefield , for woollen hosiery ...
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... increased and science developed , agriculture has become more and more allied to and dependent upon our manufac- tures ... increasing necessity for a good farmer to know some- thing of other sciences besides that which is peculiarly his ...
... increased and science developed , agriculture has become more and more allied to and dependent upon our manufac- tures ... increasing necessity for a good farmer to know some- thing of other sciences besides that which is peculiarly his ...
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