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... increased the wealth and power of the country . The subject of this volume may therefore claim attention from the man of science and the political philosopher , as well as from the manufacturer and merchant . To trace the origin and ...
... increased the wealth and power of the country . The subject of this volume may therefore claim attention from the man of science and the political philosopher , as well as from the manufacturer and merchant . To trace the origin and ...
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... . e . things useful for the conveniences of our life , ) may be increased , or better preserved . ” — Lord King's Life of Locke , 8vo . edition , vol . i . p . 163 . of the ancient manufacture of India itself , the native PREFACE .
... . e . things useful for the conveniences of our life , ) may be increased , or better preserved . ” — Lord King's Life of Locke , 8vo . edition , vol . i . p . 163 . of the ancient manufacture of India itself , the native PREFACE .
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... has swelled to nearly three times its original dimensions . I hope the interest has not been diminished , but increased , by the enlargement . Leeds , January 28 , 1835 . PLATE . PAGE .. 1. Portrait of Sir Richard Arkwright PREFACE .
... has swelled to nearly three times its original dimensions . I hope the interest has not been diminished , but increased , by the enlargement . Leeds , January 28 , 1835 . PLATE . PAGE .. 1. Portrait of Sir Richard Arkwright PREFACE .
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... increased , improved , and vented , and the cotten yarne and raw silk obtained . " ( p . 34. ) From the above evidence it is manifest that the cotton manufacture had in 1641 become well established at Manchester . It not only then ...
... increased , improved , and vented , and the cotten yarne and raw silk obtained . " ( p . 34. ) From the above evidence it is manifest that the cotton manufacture had in 1641 become well established at Manchester . It not only then ...
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... increased within these thirty or forty years . ' De Foe says also , " About eight miles from Man- chester , N.W. ... increasing . We turned east here , and came to Bury , a small market town on the river Roch , which is the utmost bound ...
... increased within these thirty or forty years . ' De Foe says also , " About eight miles from Man- chester , N.W. ... increasing . We turned east here , and came to Bury , a small market town on the river Roch , which is the utmost bound ...
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ancient Andalusia Arabs Arkwright arts of spinning Baroche beautiful Bengal Birmingham bleaching bobbin branch of industry brought calicoes carding century Charles Wyatt China chintzes colours commerce cotoneum cotton clothing cotton manufacture cotton paper cotton plant cultivated cylinder Dacca Dacca muslins early East India Egypt employed England English Europe exported extensive fabrics facture fibres finer finest flax flourished frame fustians garments Guzerat hanks Hargreaves herbaceous Herodotus important improvement India invention inventor Italy James Hargreaves jenny John Wyatt Lancashire Lewis Paul linen loom machinery Manchester manu manufacture of cotton Marco Polo mechanical mentioned mill Mohammedan mule muslins native Nearchus Nottingham patent perfection Periplus power-loom probably produced province quæ quantity quince roving says silk skein sliver Spain spindles spinners spinning and weaving spinning machines spun Strabo stuffs thread tion trade Travels tree twist warp water-frame weavers wheel whilst wool woollen manufacture Wyatt yarn
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Page 42 - ... into Ireland to sell: Neither doth their industry rest here, for they buy cotton wool in London, that comes first from Cyprus and Smyrna, and at home worke the same, and perfect it into fustians...
Page 16 - And all the women that were wisehearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. 26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats
Page 38 - Man goeth forth to his work and to his labour, until the evening ;" and then " the night cometh, in which no man can work.
Page 42 - ... a convenient stock of flax, hemp, wool, thread, iron, and other necessary ware and stuff to set the poor on work, and also competent sums of money for and towards the necessary relief of the lame, impotent, old, blind, and such other among them being poor and not able to work, and...
Page 20 - Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart to work all manner of work of the engraver. And of the cunning workman and of the embroiderer, in blue and in purple, in scarlet and in fine linen and of the weaver, even of them that do any work and of those that devise cunning work.
Page 62 - had by great study and long application invented a new piece of machinery, never before found out, practised, or used, for the making of weft or yarn from cotton, flax, and wool ; which would be of great utility to a great many manufacturers, as well as to his Majesty's subjects in general, by employing a great number of poor people in working the said machinery, and by making the said weft or yarn much superior in quality to any heretofore manufactured or made.
Page 108 - In 1767, an eight-handed spinster sprung from the genius of Hargreaves; and the jenny, with still increasing powers, made its way into common use, in spite of all opposition. Two years afterwards, the more wonderful invention of Wyatt, which claims a much earlier origin, but which had disappeared, like a river that sinks into a subterraneous channel, and now rose again under the fortunate star of Arkwright, claimed yet higher admiration, as founded ou principles of more extensive application.
Page 43 - ... whereby not only the better sort of men are employed but also the very children by their own labour can maintain themselves. There are besides all kinds of foreign merchandise bought and returned by the merchants of the town, amounting to the sum of many thousands of pounds weekly.
Page 48 - Feather shall not particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed by an instrument in writing...
Page 64 - Evans) was informed that his client, before leaving Lancashire, had sold some jennies to obtain clothing for his children (of whom he had six or seven) ; and in consequence of this, which was true, the attorney gave up the actions in despair of obtaining a verdict.