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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... means of subsistence . And so it came to pass , that when the thrifty weavers of Ghent sought a new location , they found themselves at home in Bolton - le - Moors . But while the cotton manufacture was thus giving feeble signs of life ...
... means of subsistence . And so it came to pass , that when the thrifty weavers of Ghent sought a new location , they found themselves at home in Bolton - le - Moors . But while the cotton manufacture was thus giving feeble signs of life ...
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... by other trades . Not that this is by any means an unnatural feature of any industry . Need we , as an ex- ample of this , remember how , when it was proposed to abolish the duty on the importation of raw cotton , COTTON FAMINE . / 11.
... by other trades . Not that this is by any means an unnatural feature of any industry . Need we , as an ex- ample of this , remember how , when it was proposed to abolish the duty on the importation of raw cotton , COTTON FAMINE . / 11.
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... means first applied to the manufacture of cotton ; and the term ' water - twist , ' so common in the trade circulars and market lists of the present day , is only the technical name for a yarn made on an improved machine most nearly ...
... means first applied to the manufacture of cotton ; and the term ' water - twist , ' so common in the trade circulars and market lists of the present day , is only the technical name for a yarn made on an improved machine most nearly ...
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... mean to propose for Crompton 20,000l . ' Whether he was inspired by the Minister's promise , or by a private estimate of the value and importance of his invention , it is impossibe to say ; but it is certain that Crompton assessed his ...
... mean to propose for Crompton 20,000l . ' Whether he was inspired by the Minister's promise , or by a private estimate of the value and importance of his invention , it is impossibe to say ; but it is certain that Crompton assessed his ...
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... means of pinion - wheels ; from these spindles it is transmitted to the machines upon the various floors through the medium of endless bands and drum- wheels . There is no record of a factory operative having deified ' the power ' and ...
... means of pinion - wheels ; from these spindles it is transmitted to the machines upon the various floors through the medium of endless bands and drum- wheels . There is no record of a factory operative having deified ' the power ' and ...
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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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