 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
 | Ellen Doree Rosen - 1993 - 292 Seiten
...man draws out the wire, another straights it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it. ... I have seen a small manufactory of this kind where ten men only were employed. . . . But though they were very poor, and therefore but indifferently accommodated with the necessary... | |
 | David Needham, Robert Dransfield - 1994 - 772 Seiten
...though in others the same man will sometimes perform two or three of them. I have seen a small factory of this kind where ten men only were employed, and...make among them about twelve pounds of pins in a day. There are in a pound upwards of four thousand pins of middling size. Those ten persons, therefore,... | |
 | Jorge Reina Schement, Terry Curtis - 1995 - 302 Seiten
...with his utmost industry, make one pin in a day, and certainly could not make twenty — 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 upward of four thousand pins of middling size." Smith, A. (1776/1902). An inquiry... | |
 | Max L. Stackhouse, Dennis P. McCann, Preston N. Williams, Shirley J. Roels - 1995 - 1002 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,... | |
 | Victor D. Lippit - 1996 - 416 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...but indifferently accommodated with the necessary equipment, they could, when they exerted themselves, make among them about twelve pounds of pins in... | |
 | Joyce Oldham Appleby - 1996 - 578 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,... | |
 | Louis Putterman, Randy Kroszner - 1996 - 404 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,... | |
 | Robert L. Heilbroner - 1996 - 376 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,... | |
 | Patrick Murray - 1997 - 504 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,... | |
 | Ake E. Andersson, N.E. Sahlin - 1996 - 168 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,... | |
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