| Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1824 - 908 pages
...part are likewise " peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, " another straightens it, a tnird cuts it, a fourth " points it, a fifth grinds it at...peculiar " business, to whiten the pins is another; it is even " a trade by itself to put them into the paper ; " and the important business of making... | |
| 1901 - 744 pages
...thing as a pin passes through eighteen distinct operations before it takes that form. One man draws the wire, another straightens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth files one end of it to receive the head ; then the head has to be made, which passes through two or... | |
| Thomas Hodgskin - 1827 - 318 pages
...likewise peculiar trades. One man draws out 104 ILLUSTRATION OF PIN-MAKING. the wire ; another straights it ; a third cuts it ; a fourth points it ; a fifth...peculiar business ; to whiten the pins is another ; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper ; and the important business of making a... | |
| Timothy Flint - 1830 - 696 pages
...the business, could scarcely make a pin in a day. At present one man is solely occupied in drawing the wire, another straightens it, a third cuts it,...fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head ; two operations are required for the head ; another whitens the pins; and still another puts them... | |
| Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1828 - 348 pages
...is divided into a number of branches of which the greater part are likewise peculiar trades. One maa draws out the wire, another straightens it, a third...a peculiar business, to whiten the pins is another ; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper ; and the important business of making a... | |
| Samuel Read - 1829 - 440 pages
...which the greater part are likewise peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, another straights it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds...a peculiar business, to whiten the pins is another ; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper ; and the important business of making a... | |
| Gill's scientific, technological and microscopic repository - 1830 - 420 pages
...divided into a number of branches, of which the greater part are likewise peculiar trades. One man draws the wire, another straightens it, a third cuts it,...a peculiar business, to whiten the pins is another ; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper ; and the important business of making a... | |
| Adam Smith - 1838 - 476 pages
...which the greater pan are likewise peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire ; another straights it ; a third cuts it ; a fourth points it ; a fifth...requires two or three distinct operations ; to put it on и a peculiar business ; to whiten the pins is another ; it is even a trade by itself to put Uiem into... | |
| Joseph Salway Eisdell - 1839 - 636 pages
...which the greater part are likewise peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire ; another straights it ; a third cuts it ; a fourth points it ; a fifth...peculiar business ; to whiten the pins is another ; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper; and the important business of making a pin... | |
| Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1839 - 452 pages
...it is divided into " a number of branches, of which the greater part " are likewise peculiar trades. One man draws out " the wire, another straightens...fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top for re" ceiving the head. To make the head requires two " or three distinct operations ; to put it on is... | |
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