Knowledge is PowerBell and Daldy, 1866 - 426 pages |
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... coal - The hot- blast Iron bridges - Rolling bar - iron - Making steel- Sheffield manufactures - Mining in Great Britain - Numbers engaged in mines and metal manufactures . 137 CHAPTER XIII . Conveyance and extended use of coal ...
... coal - The hot- blast Iron bridges - Rolling bar - iron - Making steel- Sheffield manufactures - Mining in Great Britain - Numbers engaged in mines and metal manufactures . 137 CHAPTER XIII . Conveyance and extended use of coal ...
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... coals shot out of a cart on the pavement before a house . He offered himself to shovel or wheel them into the place where they were to be laid , and was employed . " Here , then , we see that the labour of this man was wholly and ...
... coals shot out of a cart on the pavement before a house . He offered himself to shovel or wheel them into the place where they were to be laid , and was employed . " Here , then , we see that the labour of this man was wholly and ...
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... coals ; he enabled another man more readily to acquire the means of warmth ; and by this service , which he exchanged for " a few pence " and " a small gratuity of meat and drink , " he indirectly obtained food and lodging . He ...
... coals ; he enabled another man more readily to acquire the means of warmth ; and by this service , which he exchanged for " a few pence " and " a small gratuity of meat and drink , " he indirectly obtained food and lodging . He ...
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... coals , he might have perished . What then gave him the means of profitable labour , and furnished him with an ... coal - pit ; they were at their highest value when they were deposited in the cellar of the consumer . For that last ...
... coals , he might have perished . What then gave him the means of profitable labour , and furnished him with an ... coal - pit ; they were at their highest value when they were deposited in the cellar of the consumer . For that last ...
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... coals and the man who was willing to shovel them into the owner's cellar . The labourer did not want any distinct portion of the coals , but he wanted some articles of more urgent necessity in exchange for the new value which he was ...
... coals and the man who was willing to shovel them into the owner's cellar . The labourer did not want any distinct portion of the coals , but he wanted some articles of more urgent necessity in exchange for the new value which he was ...
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