Knowledge is PowerBell and Daldy, 1866 - 426 pages |
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... wool - shoddy — Middle - age legislation -Sumptuary laws - The silk manufacture— Ribbon - weaving - The linen manufacture - Cloth - printing - Bleaching CHAPTER XVIII . Hosiery manufacture The stocking - frame - The circular hosiery ...
... wool - shoddy — Middle - age legislation -Sumptuary laws - The silk manufacture— Ribbon - weaving - The linen manufacture - Cloth - printing - Bleaching CHAPTER XVIII . Hosiery manufacture The stocking - frame - The circular hosiery ...
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... wool into cloth . By their exchange of furs for blankets , they obtained a share in the productiveness of civilization : they obtained comfortable clothing with much less labour than they could have made it out of the furs . If Tanner ...
... wool into cloth . By their exchange of furs for blankets , they obtained a share in the productiveness of civilization : they obtained comfortable clothing with much less labour than they could have made it out of the furs . If Tanner ...
Page 79
... wool - comber . If we look at a small town of the present day , where such a variety of occupations are carried on , we shall find that each trades- man has a considerable stock of commodities , abundance of furniture and utensils ...
... wool - comber . If we look at a small town of the present day , where such a variety of occupations are carried on , we shall find that each trades- man has a considerable stock of commodities , abundance of furniture and utensils ...
Page 80
... wool - comber . There must have been a demand for articles of foreign commerce , too , in this town , or we should not have had the spice - seller . Yet , with all these various occupations , indicating considerable profitable industry ...
... wool - comber . There must have been a demand for articles of foreign commerce , too , in this town , or we should not have had the spice - seller . Yet , with all these various occupations , indicating considerable profitable industry ...
Page 209
... wool per week ; their required food for the year , therefore , exceeded 1,050,000,000 pounds of cotton . The actual consumption for the year , inclusive of waste , amounted to 1,083,000,000 pounds , and the total quantity imported to ...
... wool per week ; their required food for the year , therefore , exceeded 1,050,000,000 pounds of cotton . The actual consumption for the year , inclusive of waste , amounted to 1,083,000,000 pounds , and the total quantity imported to ...
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