Handbook for LancashireJ. Murray, 1880 - 200 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 48
Seite xi
... taken such deep root in it - on which such an enormous population depend for their daily bread , and so many millions of capital are embarked . One of the principal reasons of the prosperity of Lancashire has been its vast coalfields ...
... taken such deep root in it - on which such an enormous population depend for their daily bread , and so many millions of capital are embarked . One of the principal reasons of the prosperity of Lancashire has been its vast coalfields ...
Seite xiii
... taken in 1860 at the average yield per annum of 11 millions of tons , whereas the output is now 13 millions . MANUFACTURES . Cotton . As early as 1641 we hear that the Man- chester people bought linen yarn from the Irish , and after ...
... taken in 1860 at the average yield per annum of 11 millions of tons , whereas the output is now 13 millions . MANUFACTURES . Cotton . As early as 1641 we hear that the Man- chester people bought linen yarn from the Irish , and after ...
Seite xv
... taken out in 1769. He employed in this matter Kay , the clockmaker of Warrington , to make his models , and , soon afterwards , a great controversy arose , which terminated in a trial of Arkwright's patent in the King's Bench . It ...
... taken out in 1769. He employed in this matter Kay , the clockmaker of Warrington , to make his models , and , soon afterwards , a great controversy arose , which terminated in a trial of Arkwright's patent in the King's Bench . It ...
Seite xviii
... taken to the " lap " machine , in which the cotton , after being scutched and blown , is coiled up in a fleece on a wooden roller at the delivery end of the apparatus . The scutching and lap machines are frequently com bined , the ...
... taken to the " lap " machine , in which the cotton , after being scutched and blown , is coiled up in a fleece on a wooden roller at the delivery end of the apparatus . The scutching and lap machines are frequently com bined , the ...
Seite xxi
... taken to complete each stitch of the carriage . The finer the yarn the slower the spinning , and the better the staple of the cotton wool , and the more careful its preparation , the more excellent will be the spinning . The self ...
... taken to complete each stitch of the carriage . The finer the yarn the slower the spinning , and the better the staple of the cotton wool , and the more careful its preparation , the more excellent will be the spinning . The self ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
16th centy Abbey acres aisles Amongst ancient Ashton Assheton Bacup bank Bardsea Baths beautiful Blackburn Bolton Bridge Broughton building built Burnley Bury called Canal Carnforth Castle centy chancel chapel Cheshire Church Clitheroe comfort Coniston contains cotton Cross Derby district docks Earl Eccles Elizabethan English erected farmhouse FIRST-CLASS HOTEL formerly Furness Furness Abbey GRAND HOTEL Henry Henry VIII Hill Hoghton Tower Hôtel Irwell John JUNC Lake Lancashire Lancaster land Liverpool London Lord Manchester manufacturing Mersey Messrs Moderate Charges Monuments Morecambe nave neighbourhood Old Hall Ormskirk parish Park Pendle Hill Preston Proprietor quayage rail Railway reign residence Ribble Ribchester river road Rochdale Roman Rooms Royal scenery seat side situated stained glass Stat Station stone Table d'Hôte tion Todmorden tourist tower Town Hall Towneley trade Ulverston valley village Warrington Whalley Whalley Abbey Wigan window wooded Worsley yards Yorkshire
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 96 - Proud prelate, I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement : but I would have you know, that I, who made you what you are, can unmake you ; and if you do not forthwith fulfil your engagement, by God I will immediately unfrock you. Yours, as you demean yourself, Elizabeth.
Seite xviii - The great and important invention of Crompton was his spindle-carriage, and the principle of the thread having no strain upon it until it was completed. The carriage with the spindles could, by the movement of the hand and knee, recede just as the rollers delivered out the elongated thread in a soft state, so that it would allow of a considerable stretch before the thread had to encounter the stress of winding on the spindle." This was "the corner-stone of the merits of his invention...
Seite 15 - GOD bless the king, I mean the faith's defender; God bless — no harm in blessing — the pretender; But who pretender is, or who is king, God bless us all — that's quite another thing.
Seite 15 - I follow thee. " My death, my death alone can show The pure, the lasting love I bore ; Accept, O Heaven ! of woes like ours, And let us, let us weep no more.
Seite 53 - Establishment possesses the advantage of a beautiful Garden, and is situated near the English and American Churches; the principal apartments facing the South, and the entire Hotel being warmed by caloriferes, the whole arrangements and moderate prices give universal satisfaction.
Seite 185 - O'er the parched waste beside an Arab's tent; Or the Indian tree whose branches, downward bent, Take root again, a boundless canopy. How sweet were leisure ! could it yield no more Than mid that wave-washed churchyard to recline, From pastoral graves extracting thoughts divine ; Or there to pace, and mark the summits hoar Of distant moonlit mountains faintly shine, Soothed by the unseen river's gentle roar.
Seite 2 - TOURS IN SCOTLAND. THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY COMPANY have arranged a system of TOURS— over 100 in number — by Rail, Steamer, and Coach, comprehending almost every place of interest either for scenery or historical associations throughout Scotland, including — EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, ABERDEEN, DUNDEE. INVERNESS, GREENOCK, PAISLEY. DUMFRIES, PEEBLES, STIRLING, PERTH, CRIEFF...
Seite 34 - Hotel is situated on the Lower Lake, close to the •water's edge, -within ten minutes' drive of the Railway Station, and a short distance from the far-famed Gap of Dunloe.
Seite 23 - Private Carriages for Hire by the hour. English Newspapers. Omnibuses to convey Passengers to and from each Train. English spoken. The greatest attention is paid to English Visitors.
Seite 13 - Mabhouse, hung a bason, on which bason whosoever did strike, Sir Tarquine or some of his company would come forth and fight with him, and that Sir Launcelot du Lake, a knight of King Arthur's Round Table, did beate upon the bason, fought with Tarquine, killed him, and possessed himself of the castle and loosed the prisoners.