 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1871 - 820 pages
...but 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 it,...to put it on is a peculiar business, to whiten the pin is another ; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the papers ; and the important business... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1875 - 808 pages
...but 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 it,...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... | |
 | Alfred Bishop Mason, John Joseph Lalor - 1875 - 92 pages
...pin is divided into about eighteen distinct operations. One man draws out the wire, another straights it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds...peculiar business; to whiten the pins is another; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper. I have seen a small manufactory where ten... | |
 | Henry Dunning Macleod - 1875 - 574 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...to put it on is a peculiar business, to whiten the pin is another ; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper ; and the important business... | |
 | Technical educator - 1877 - 852 pages
...advantages of division of labour. " One man draws out the wire ; another straights it ; a third outs it ; a fourth points it ; a fifth grinds it at the...peculiar business ; to whiten the pins is another ; it is even a trade by itself to put them in the paper ; and the important business of making a pin... | |
 | Arthur Latham Perry - 1877 - 390 pages
...Smith illustrates the division of labor by the manufacture of pins, as that was carried on in his day. One man draws out the wire, another straightens it, a third cuts it, a fourth sharpens the points, a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head ; the making the heads consists... | |
 | 1880 - 886 pages
...unskilled and easy labor, there is an excellent Illustration in Adam Smith's description of pin-making : '* One man draws out the wire, another straightens it,...to put it on is a peculiar business ; to whiten the pin is another ; it is even a trade by itself to put them into a paper ; and the important business... | |
 | 1880 - 894 pages
...illustration in Adam Smith's description of pin-making: " One man draws out the wire, another straights it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds...to put it on is a peculiar business; to whiten the pin is another; it is even a trade by itself to put them into a paper; and the important business of... | |
 | Technical educator - 1880 - 864 pages
...of labour. " One man draws out the wire ; another straights it; a third out« it ; a fourth pointe it; a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head ; to make the head, requiiea two or three distinct operations ; to put it on is a peculiar business ; to whiten the pins... | |
 | Institute of Bankers (Great Britain) - 1881 - 742 pages
...but 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 it,...it, a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the Lead ; to make the head requires two or three distinct operations ; to put it on is a peculiar business,... | |
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One man draws out the wire, another straightens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head: to make the head requires two or three distinct operations ; to put it on, is a peculiar business; to whiten... 
