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INDEX

Africa, export of brass to, 225, 286
export of brass and copper
goods to, 288, 291
Aix-la-Chapelle, 15

import of brass and copper
goods from, 58, 290
America, export of brass and copper
goods to, 288, 290-91, 292

export of copper to, 281
Amlwch, smelting works at, 153, 251
Anglesey, copper discovered in, 152-53
state of mines in, 209
wages of miners in, 316
employment at mines of, 323
Anglesey Companies, 152-53, 167,
248, 251, 330

opposed to Associated Smelters,
161-62, 166, 225

proposal to divide market with
Cornwall, 169-70

result of settlement with Corn-
wall, 172-82

prosperity of, 177, 180

new proposals to Cornwall,
197-201

integration in activities of, 252
standardised production, 258
commercial organisation of, 300
Antwerp, borrowing at, 23-24, 77
Apprenticeship, at Tintern Works, 321
at Cheadle Works, 322

at Soho Works, 322

Armourers, Company of, 86, 113, 261
Associated Smelters, 161-62, 166, 168,
169, 171-201, 223, 225, 286
Augsburg, 11, 12, 22, 24

metal manufactures of, 3
Haug & Company of, 4, 8, 13,

28, 76-78

wire manufacture at, 8

Avenant, 83, 307

B

Ballycastle, Ireland, mining opera-

tions at, 65

[blocks in formation]
[blocks in formation]
[blocks in formation]

free exportation of, 106-7
process of manufacture of, 344
Brassfoundry, in Birmingham, 263-65
specialisation in, 266-67
capital in, 273

Brasshouse Passage, 223
Braziers, see Armourers

Brigham, smelting works at, 13
Brindley, James, 216

Bristol, 89, 91, 149, 154, 296, 297,
298, 300

brass works at, 108-10, 113, 117
foreign workmen brought to, 109
Bristol Brass Company, 117, 118, 119,
156, 158, 199, 217, 221, 224, 230,
251, 252, 254, 258, 269, 299, 300,
317

founded, 108-10
amalgamation and extension of,

148-49

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