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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... pounds of yarn and goods to India . Britain has become , or is fast becoming , the clothier of Hindostan ; and the cause is obvious . In 1812 we could manufacture coarse yarn cheaper by a shilling a pound than the Hindoo spinner ; but ...
... pounds of yarn and goods to India . Britain has become , or is fast becoming , the clothier of Hindostan ; and the cause is obvious . In 1812 we could manufacture coarse yarn cheaper by a shilling a pound than the Hindoo spinner ; but ...
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... pound in weight . The enigma of Indian telegrams is solved by remembering that 20's water - twist means a coarse yarn of twenty hanks to the pound , the product of the throstle- frame ; ' and the announcement , ' mule - twist firm ...
... pound in weight . The enigma of Indian telegrams is solved by remembering that 20's water - twist means a coarse yarn of twenty hanks to the pound , the product of the throstle- frame ; ' and the announcement , ' mule - twist firm ...
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... pound weight of which would contain a thread long enough to reach from London to Newcastle . In the Exhibition of 1862 they displayed 700's yarn , a pound of which would be 588,000 yards in length . According to Hindoo poets , the Dacca ...
... pound weight of which would contain a thread long enough to reach from London to Newcastle . In the Exhibition of 1862 they displayed 700's yarn , a pound of which would be 588,000 yards in length . According to Hindoo poets , the Dacca ...
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... pound . This rise , forced upon the market by the situation in America , was the means of saving many manufacturers from impending difficulties . In 1859 and 1860 , the years of ' terrific prosperity ' and over - production , Middling ...
... pound . This rise , forced upon the market by the situation in America , was the means of saving many manufacturers from impending difficulties . In 1859 and 1860 , the years of ' terrific prosperity ' and over - production , Middling ...
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... pound on the 30th of September ; but even this rate would not have deterred spinners from continuing opera- tions , had it not been for the fact that they must work for 6 stock , there being no demand for goods in 32 HISTORY OF THE.
... pound on the 30th of September ; but even this rate would not have deterred spinners from continuing opera- tions , had it not been for the fact that they must work for 6 stock , there being no demand for goods in 32 HISTORY OF THE.
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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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