The English Brass & Copper Industries to 1800 |
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... considerably to our knowledge of the economic development of England in the two centuries and a half which elapsed between the accession of Elizabeth and the death of William Pitt . And the book has a value much beyond that of mere ...
... considerably to our knowledge of the economic development of England in the two centuries and a half which elapsed between the accession of Elizabeth and the death of William Pitt . And the book has a value much beyond that of mere ...
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... considerable bodies of workpeople dependent on wages . The same substantial provision of capital was necessary in coal - mining . Taking England as a whole , there was , therefore , more capitalism , " even in the Elizabethan and Stuart ...
... considerable bodies of workpeople dependent on wages . The same substantial provision of capital was necessary in coal - mining . Taking England as a whole , there was , therefore , more capitalism , " even in the Elizabethan and Stuart ...
Page x
... considerable capital outlay And even in the English cotton industry the period afterwards looked back upon as a golden age for the hand - loom weavers was the quarter of a century which elapsed between the cheapening of yarn by the new ...
... considerable capital outlay And even in the English cotton industry the period afterwards looked back upon as a golden age for the hand - loom weavers was the quarter of a century which elapsed between the cheapening of yarn by the new ...
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... considerable amounts of capital - The Brass companies - Bristol and Cheadle Companies -Source of increased capital - Shareholders in the Cheadle Company - Size of unit of production - Dockwra's Company- Warmley Company - White Rock ...
... considerable amounts of capital - The Brass companies - Bristol and Cheadle Companies -Source of increased capital - Shareholders in the Cheadle Company - Size of unit of production - Dockwra's Company- Warmley Company - White Rock ...
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... considerable outlays , which would not become remunerative for a long time after the initial expenditure . For brass , It was not until 1738 that a satisfactory method was found of ob- taining the metal ( zinc ) from the ore ( calamine ) ...
... considerable outlays , which would not become remunerative for a long time after the initial expenditure . For brass , It was not until 1738 that a satisfactory method was found of ob- taining the metal ( zinc ) from the ore ( calamine ) ...
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¹ Ibid Anglesey Birming Birmingham manufacturers Boulton and Watt Boulton to Watt brass and copper Brass Company brass industry brass manufacturers brass wire brass-making brassfounders braziers Bristol buckles buttons calamine Calendar capitalists carried Cheadle Commons Committee Reports concern copper and brass copper industries copper mines copper trade Cornish Metal Company Cornwall domestic workers duties eighteenth century Elizabethan Keswick employed England established export facturers Höchstetter home market House of Commons hundredweight important increased interest Joint Stock Companies Journals of House Keswick large quantities later latten lease London makers manu merchants mills Mineral and Battery mines in Cornwall Mines Royal monopoly obtained organisation output partners petition pin-makers pins price of copper probably produced profitable raw material selling seventeenth century shareholders shares smelters Smelthouses smelting smelting companies specialisation Staffordshire supplies tion tons town vide infra Vide supra Wales Walsall Warmley Williams Wilson to Boulton wool cards workers
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Page 66 - England, in parliament assembled, being chosen by, and representing, the people, have the supreme power in this nation : . . . that whatsoever is enacted, or declared for law, by the commons, in parliament assembled, hath the force of law; and all the people of this nation are concluded thereby, although the consent and concurrence of king, or house of peers be not had thereunto'.
Page 65 - That the People are, under God, the Original of all just Power: And do also Declare, that the Commons of England, in Parliament assembled, being chosen by, and representing the People, have the Supreme Power in this Nation...
Page 153 - There was a considerable demand for this special brass among the workers of Birmingham, while large quantities of the zinc he made were exported.2 Two other companies — Roe and Co. of Macclesfield and Fenton and Copper Co. of Yorkshire — call for notice. The former was founded about 1757, and...
Page 121 - God one thousand six hundred sixty and five,8 unless only in passing upon the road, come or be within five miles of any city, or town corporate, or borough that sends burgesses to the Parliament...
Page vii - Revolution, the first thing that strikes us is the far greater rapidity which marks the growth of population. Before 1751 the largest decennial increase, so far as we can calculate from our imperfect materials, was 3 per cent. For each of the next three decennial periods the increase was 6 per cent; then between 1781 and 1791 it was 9 per cent; between 1791 and 1801, 11 per cent; between 1801 and 1811, 14 per cent; between 1811 and 1821, 18 per cent.
Page 99 - ... shall and may hold and enjoy the same mine or mines and ore; and continue in the possession thereof, and dig and work the said mine or mines or ore, notwithstanding that such mine or mines or ore shall be pretended or claimed to be a royal mine...
Page 41 - I do speak it, there is no act of hers that hath been or is more derogatory to her own majesty, more odious to the subject, more dangerous to the commonwealth, than the granting of these monopolies.
Page 372 - The Case of the Manufacturers and Workers of Copper and Brass Wire, etc.
Page 122 - I was surprised at the place, but more so at the people: They were a species I had never seen: They possessed a vivacity I had never beheld: I had been among dreamers, but now I saw men awake...
Page 56 - Monopoly are twaine: the restraint of the liberty of commerce to some one or few, and the setting of the price at the pleasure of the Monopolian to his private benefit, and the prejudice of the publique. Upon which two hinges every Monopoly turneth.