Wages and Earnings of the Working Classes, with Some Facts Illustrative of Their Economic Condition, Drawn from Authentic and Official SourcesJohn Murray, 1867 - 140 Seiten |
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... cotton , blue ; pottery , orange ; coal , black the metals , grey ; with a hat for hatters , a ship for ship ping , a fish for fishing , a wooden horse for toys , an envelope for paper , and a key for locks ; and it was interesting to ...
... cotton , blue ; pottery , orange ; coal , black the metals , grey ; with a hat for hatters , a ship for ship ping , a fish for fishing , a wooden horse for toys , an envelope for paper , and a key for locks ; and it was interesting to ...
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... cotton manufacture , at machinery has almost superseded human industry . In h hardware and cutlery the great worker is the hand . If in Manchester there seems to be an unbounded facility of production , in Birmingham and Sheffield the ...
... cotton manufacture , at machinery has almost superseded human industry . In h hardware and cutlery the great worker is the hand . If in Manchester there seems to be an unbounded facility of production , in Birmingham and Sheffield the ...
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... for the safety of the work- men . A little further you can enter that forge . Always The Forger . surrounded by dense heavy smoke which renders the The Cotton Spinner . air very impure , with a THE WORK AND THE WORKERS . ix.
... for the safety of the work- men . A little further you can enter that forge . Always The Forger . surrounded by dense heavy smoke which renders the The Cotton Spinner . air very impure , with a THE WORK AND THE WORKERS . ix.
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... cotton spinner and factory worker you must enter one of those illuminated factories , with more windows than an Italian palace . Behold there the ranks of operatives , men , women , and children , hard at work , under as strict a ...
... cotton spinner and factory worker you must enter one of those illuminated factories , with more windows than an Italian palace . Behold there the ranks of operatives , men , women , and children , hard at work , under as strict a ...
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... cotton spinner , when one man with two assistants turns off daily 220 lbs . of yarn , measuring 420 miles in length ? Imagine how perfect must be the work , when , in one minute , our manufacturers can spin a length of cotton yarn which ...
... cotton spinner , when one man with two assistants turns off daily 220 lbs . of yarn , measuring 420 miles in length ? Imagine how perfect must be the work , when , in one minute , our manufacturers can spin a length of cotton yarn which ...
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