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Page 42
... usually governed the policy of countries towards their colonial dependencies . These have been too often considered as only outlets for superabundant productions , and sometimes even have been debarred from growing articles of use , for ...
... usually governed the policy of countries towards their colonial dependencies . These have been too often considered as only outlets for superabundant productions , and sometimes even have been debarred from growing articles of use , for ...
Page 51
... usually in the proportion of from a half to two thirds of the real value . The greater part is exported with- out any declaration of value ; and , in particular , the quantity of goods smuggled into other countries is never noticed in ...
... usually in the proportion of from a half to two thirds of the real value . The greater part is exported with- out any declaration of value ; and , in particular , the quantity of goods smuggled into other countries is never noticed in ...
Page 53
... usually employed in forming fabrics in- termixed with cotton . It is seldom or never exported . The silk from these different places is stored at Ardevil or Ardebil , another Persian city , whence caravans set out for Smyrna , Aleppo ...
... usually employed in forming fabrics in- termixed with cotton . It is seldom or never exported . The silk from these different places is stored at Ardevil or Ardebil , another Persian city , whence caravans set out for Smyrna , Aleppo ...
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... usually fall upon me- chanics , since they would have found an employment for which they were qualified by previous habits and knowledge , in the weaving of those additional cloths and stuffs which would have been demanded . The truth ...
... usually fall upon me- chanics , since they would have found an employment for which they were qualified by previous habits and knowledge , in the weaving of those additional cloths and stuffs which would have been demanded . The truth ...
Page 72
... usually characterizes the uneducated poor , would have prevented their reaping advantage from the circum- stance ; and it must surely be better , on every account , that a man so circumstanced should , in seasons of dullness , work for ...
... usually characterizes the uneducated poor , would have prevented their reaping advantage from the circum- stance ; and it must surely be better , on every account , that a man so circumstanced should , in seasons of dullness , work for ...
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Page 195 - The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition, when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security, is so powerful a principle, that it is alone, and without any assistance, not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity, but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations...
Page 217 - This brought on a conversation on the subject, in which the Manchester gentlemen unanimously agreed that the thing was impracticable; and, in defence of their opinion, they adduced arguments which. I certainly was incompetent to answer, or even to comprehend, being totally ignorant of the subject, having never at that time seen a person weave.
Page 216 - One of the company observed that as soon as Arkwright's patent expired, so many mills would be erected, and so much cotton spun, that hands would never be found to weave it.
Page 217 - I then had of the business, there could only be three movements, which were to follow each other in succession, there would be little difficulty in producing and repeating them. Full of these ideas, I immediately employed a carpenter and smith to carry them into effect. As soon as the machine was finished, I got a weaver to put in the warp, which was of such materials as sailcloth is usually made of.
Page 23 - Amidst their pious occupations, they viewed with a curious eye the common dress of the Chinese, the manufactures of silk, and the myriads of silk-worms, whose education (either on trees or in houses) had once been considered as the labour of queens.
Page 217 - Congreve rocket In short, it required the strength of two powerful men to work the machine at a slow rate, and only for a short time.