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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... yarn , and turning out clumsy fabrics composed of cotton and wool , there were millions of deft workers in the empire of Aurungzebe , weaving such fabrics as can only be equalled by the finest machinery now within the giant mills of ...
... yarn , and turning out clumsy fabrics composed of cotton and wool , there were millions of deft workers in the empire of Aurungzebe , weaving such fabrics as can only be equalled by the finest machinery now within the giant mills of ...
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... 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 in 1860 our ...
... 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 in 1860 our ...
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... yarn or thread , the most 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 ...
... yarn or thread , the most 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 ...
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... yarn . This want was soon supplied . To the inventor of the drawing - rollers belongs of indefeasible right the first place among the fathers of our manufac- turing machinery . This was Richard , afterwards Sir Richard , Arkwright . All ...
... yarn . This want was soon supplied . To the inventor of the drawing - rollers belongs of indefeasible right the first place among the fathers of our manufac- turing machinery . This was Richard , afterwards Sir Richard , Arkwright . All ...
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... yarns could be spun by its agency . Such was Crompton's invention . He took no patent , and made little secret of his discovery . But Lancashire had grown wiser since the destruction of Hargreave's machine and Arkwright's mill ...
... yarns could be spun by its agency . Such was Crompton's invention . He took no patent , and made little secret of his discovery . But Lancashire had grown wiser since the destruction of Hargreave's machine and Arkwright's mill ...
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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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