Knowledge is PowerBell and Daldy, 1866 - 426 pages |
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... stocking - frame - The circular hosiery- machine - Hats Gloves - Boots and shoes - Sewing - machine - Straw- plait Artificial Flowers - Fans - Lace - Bobbin - net machine - Pins Needles - Buttons - Toys - Lucifer - matches - Envelopes ...
... stocking - frame - The circular hosiery- machine - Hats Gloves - Boots and shoes - Sewing - machine - Straw- plait Artificial Flowers - Fans - Lace - Bobbin - net machine - Pins Needles - Buttons - Toys - Lucifer - matches - Envelopes ...
Page 87
... stockings . It is an old notion that plenty of the necessaries and conveniences of life renders a nation feeble . We are told that the Carthaginian soldiers whom Hannibal carried into Italy were suddenly rendered effe- minate by the ...
... stockings . It is an old notion that plenty of the necessaries and conveniences of life renders a nation feeble . We are told that the Carthaginian soldiers whom Hannibal carried into Italy were suddenly rendered effe- minate by the ...
Page 234
... and again , in delight at its glossy beauty . Perhaps he does not take the trouble to think how many such skeins would be required to pro- duce a pair of silk stockings . As the school 234 CHAP . XVII . Silk Manufacture .
... and again , in delight at its glossy beauty . Perhaps he does not take the trouble to think how many such skeins would be required to pro- duce a pair of silk stockings . As the school 234 CHAP . XVII . Silk Manufacture .
Page 235
Charles Knight. duce a pair of silk stockings . As the school - boy puts his skein into a book , so the silk - producers of India , Italy , Persia , and Turkey , send us their hanks of silk , which we call by various names , made up as ...
Charles Knight. duce a pair of silk stockings . As the school - boy puts his skein into a book , so the silk - producers of India , Italy , Persia , and Turkey , send us their hanks of silk , which we call by various names , made up as ...
Page 237
... stockings , and we could supply them , the poor might then be set to work . The in- crease of consumption , all over the world , is produced by the inventions which diminish the cost of production . Having thus noticed the leading ...
... stockings , and we could supply them , the poor might then be set to work . The in- crease of consumption , all over the world , is produced by the inventions which diminish the cost of production . Having thus noticed the leading ...
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