Knowledge is PowerBell and Daldy, 1866 - 426 pages |
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Page xii
... employment of labour - Con- trast between the prodigal and the prudent man : the Dukes of Buckingham and Bridgewater - Making good for trade - Unprofitable consumption - War against capital in the middle ages - Evils of corporate ...
... employment of labour - Con- trast between the prodigal and the prudent man : the Dukes of Buckingham and Bridgewater - Making good for trade - Unprofitable consumption - War against capital in the middle ages - Evils of corporate ...
Page xiii
... Employment of machinery in manufactures and agriculture - Erroneous notions formerly prevalent on this subject - Its advantages to the labourer Spade husbandry - The principle of machinery - Machines and tools - Change in the condition ...
... Employment of machinery in manufactures and agriculture - Erroneous notions formerly prevalent on this subject - Its advantages to the labourer Spade husbandry - The principle of machinery - Machines and tools - Change in the condition ...
Page xiv
... employment - Early history - Prohibitory laws - Alpaca wool - shoddy — Middle - age legislation -Sumptuary laws - The silk manufacture— Ribbon - weaving - The linen manufacture - Cloth - printing - Bleaching CHAPTER XVIII . Hosiery ...
... employment - Early history - Prohibitory laws - Alpaca wool - shoddy — Middle - age legislation -Sumptuary laws - The silk manufacture— Ribbon - weaving - The linen manufacture - Cloth - printing - Bleaching CHAPTER XVIII . Hosiery ...
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... , as all labour is directed even in its highest employment , to the change of form and change of place of the natural supplies by which he was surrounded . He created nothing ; he only CHAP . I. 5 An Indian on Juan Fernandez .
... , as all labour is directed even in its highest employment , to the change of form and change of place of the natural supplies by which he was surrounded . He created nothing ; he only CHAP . I. 5 An Indian on Juan Fernandez .
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... employment , and consequently scarcely any exchanges , is exhibited in many passages of Tanner's narrative . We select one . “ I had no pukkavi , or mats for a lodge , and therefore had to build one of poles and long grass . I dressed ...
... employment , and consequently scarcely any exchanges , is exhibited in many passages of Tanner's narrative . We select one . “ I had no pukkavi , or mats for a lodge , and therefore had to build one of poles and long grass . I dressed ...
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