 I have seen a small manufactory of this kind, where ten men only were employed, and where some of them consequently performed two or three distinct operations. But though they were very poor, and therefore but indifferently accommodated with the necessary...  Chambers' Edinburgh Journal - Seite 1491841Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Henry Mayhew - 1851 - 414 Seiten
...put them into the paper. I have seen a small manufactory where ten men only were employed, and were some of them, consequently, performed two or three...make among them about twelve pounds of pins in a day. There are in a pound upwards of 4000 pins of a middling size. " ' Those ten persons, therefore, could... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 490 Seiten
...distinct hands, though in others the same man will sometimes perform two or three of them. I have seen a small manufactory of this kind where ten men only...make among them about twelve pounds of pins in a day. There are in a pound upwards of four thousand pins of a middling size. Those ten persons, therefore,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1854 - 248 Seiten
...from the book in which I * "I have seen « small manufactory of this kind" (viz., of pinmaking), " where ten men only were employed, and where some of...among them, about twelve pounds of pins in a day. There are, in a pound, upwards of four thousand pins of a middle size. Those ten persons, therefore,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 496 Seiten
...distinct hands, though in others the same man will sometimes perform two or three of them. I have seen a small manufactory of this kind where ten men only...make among them about twelve pounds of pins in a day. There are in a pound upwards of four thousand pins of a middling size. Those ten persons, therefore,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 490 Seiten
...distinct hands, though in others the same man will sometimes perform two or three of them. I have seen a small manufactory of this kind where ten men only...make among them about twelve pounds of pins in a day. There are in a pound upwards of four thousand pins of a middling size. Those ten persons, therefore,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1856 - 472 Seiten
...of it, he had wished to know * " I have seen a small manufactory of this kind, [viz., of pinmaking,] where ten men only were employed, and where some of...accommodated with the necessary machinery, they could, wheu they exerted themselves, make, among them, about twelve pounds of pins in a day. There are, in... | |
 | Samuel Newington - 1858 - 144 Seiten
...distinct hands, though in others the same man will sometimes perform two or three of them. I have seen a small manufactory of this kind where ten men only...make among them about twelve pounds of pins in a day. There are in a pound upwards of four thousand pins of a middling size. These ten persons, therefore,... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1864 - 106 Seiten
...is another; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper. I have seen a small manufactory where ten men only were employed, and where some of...make among them about twelve pounds of pins in a day. There are in a pound upwards of four thousand pins of a middling size. Those ten persons, therefore,... | |
 | Henry Mayhew - 1864 - 596 Seiten
...into the paper. I have seen a small manufactory where ten men only were employed, and were some or them, consequently, performed two or three distinct...make among them about twelve pounds of pins in a day. There are in a pound upwards of 400U pins of a middling «ize. '' ' Those ten persons, therefore, could... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1866 - 628 Seiten
...them into the paper I have seen a small manufactory where ten men only were employed, and where'some of them, consequently, performed two or three distinct...make among them about twelve pounds of pins in a day. There are in a pound upwards of four thousand pins of a middling size. Those ten persons, therefore,... | |
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