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... machinery of the industrial system has been thrown out of gear by the operation of some force or another , which , so far as we can judge by experience , is an essential part of the order of competition . " On page 104 , I say : " The ...
... machinery of the industrial system has been thrown out of gear by the operation of some force or another , which , so far as we can judge by experience , is an essential part of the order of competition . " On page 104 , I say : " The ...
Page 3
... life - food , clothing , and the like - by the labour of his hands , almost unaided by machinery . The flail , the primitive plough , the spinning wheel , the hand loom ENGLAND IN 1760 3 TURE, POLITICS THE MECHANICAL.
... life - food , clothing , and the like - by the labour of his hands , almost unaided by machinery . The flail , the primitive plough , the spinning wheel , the hand loom ENGLAND IN 1760 3 TURE, POLITICS THE MECHANICAL.
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... machinery . Sec . 4. - Extent of Agriculture . In 1760 , one - third of the workers of England were agricultural labourers , and a large number of those engaged in regular manufactur- ing industries continued to work in the fields ...
... machinery . Sec . 4. - Extent of Agriculture . In 1760 , one - third of the workers of England were agricultural labourers , and a large number of those engaged in regular manufactur- ing industries continued to work in the fields ...
Page 6
... machinery , about breeds of cattle , sheep , and pigs , with the same interest which their fathers and grandfathers used to exhibit on the subjects of the stable and kennel only . " More than one - half of the land in use was cultivated ...
... machinery , about breeds of cattle , sheep , and pigs , with the same interest which their fathers and grandfathers used to exhibit on the subjects of the stable and kennel only . " More than one - half of the land in use was cultivated ...
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... machinery of all others had received the least improvement . Wheat flailing was being superseded by the thresher ; hand and horse - drills were used to sow and plant seeds . The sickle still held sway in the harvest fields , and feed ...
... machinery of all others had received the least improvement . Wheat flailing was being superseded by the thresher ; hand and horse - drills were used to sow and plant seeds . The sickle still held sway in the harvest fields , and feed ...
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Adam Smith agriculture amount Arkwright became capital capitalist centres chapter CHARLES BEARD classes clothing Co-operative combination compete competition cotton Democracy disease economic eighteenth century electric employed employers energy England English estimated factory system forces freedom of contract French Revolution Government hand workers horse-power human hundred ignorant important improved increased individual industrial organisation Industrial Revolution inventors iron labour Lancashire land legislation machinery machines Manchester manufacture markets means mechanical inventions medieval ment methods mill owners modern moral nation natural necessary operation output Parliament persons political political economists population power loom problem production profit progress railway rapidly raw materials reform regulation restrictions Robert Owen secure Sidney Webb social society spinning steam steam-engine struggle supply textile things tion to-day towns trade Trade Unionism transportation turn utilisation vast wages waste water frame wealth weaver weaving wool