The History of the Cotton Famine: From the Fall of Sumter to the Passing of the Public Works ActSaunders, Otley, and Company, 1865 - Всего страниц: 350 |
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... important requisites are the length and strength , the fineness , and the equability of the woolly fibres . Of all substances , whether of animal or vegetable production , cotton has certainly the greatest capacity for textile ...
... important requisites are the length and strength , the fineness , and the equability of the woolly fibres . Of all substances , whether of animal or vegetable production , cotton has certainly the greatest capacity for textile ...
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... important principle in the water - frame was the drawing - rollers . There is , however , one other portion of the machine of great value , and this is known as ' the spindle and flyer , ' the use of which is to wind the yarn , as it ...
... important principle in the water - frame was the drawing - rollers . There is , however , one other portion of the machine of great value , and this is known as ' the spindle and flyer , ' the use of which is to wind the yarn , as it ...
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... importance of his invention , it is impossibe to say ; but it is certain that Crompton assessed his due at something like this amount , and was grievously disappointed when , upon the proposi- tion of Lord Stanley , it was resolved that ...
... importance of his invention , it is impossibe to say ; but it is certain that Crompton assessed his due at something like this amount , and was grievously disappointed when , upon the proposi- tion of Lord Stanley , it was resolved that ...
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... important position ; and this fact , taken to- gether with the peculiar luxuriance of Sea Island cotton , seems to prove that a saline atmosphere is necessary to produce the finest qualities . Certain it is that Sea Island cotton is ...
... important position ; and this fact , taken to- gether with the peculiar luxuriance of Sea Island cotton , seems to prove that a saline atmosphere is necessary to produce the finest qualities . Certain it is that Sea Island cotton is ...
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... important duty , if they do not inculcate , from the events of the past , the lessons of adversity ; if they do not point out how this time of trial has been utilised by the fulfilment of duties and obliga- tions hitherto neglected ...
... important duty , if they do not inculcate , from the events of the past , the lessons of adversity ; if they do not point out how this time of trial has been utilised by the fulfilment of duties and obliga- tions hitherto neglected ...
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American amount Ashton Ashton-under-Lyne assistance authority bales Blackburn boards of guardians capital cent Central Executive Committee Central Relief Committee charitable clothing condition considerable cotton districts Cotton Famine cotton manufacture cotton supply cotton trade demand difficulty distress duty emigration employment England English equal estimated expenditure extent fact factory facturers Farnall Glossop Government hands Haslingden honour improvement increase India interest labour Lancashire land large number less Liverpool loans Lord Lord Derby machinery Manchester Mansion House Committee manufac manufacturing districts ment mills months Oldham operatives outdoor outdoor relief parish persons Poor Law Board poor-rates population possessed post 8vo pound Preston production profits rate of relief rate-in-aid rateable value ratepayers raw material Ready received relief funds Rochdale shillings spindles Staleybridge Stockport subscriptions suffering sufficient Surat tion towns township unemployed Union Relief Aid Villiers wages week Wigan yarn
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