The Industrial RevolutionS. Sonnenschein & Company, Lim., 1901 - 105 pages |
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... find these Spaws ' of Harrowgate . The road from Beverley to Hull was marked out by willows , which showed above the swamp ; at dusk the bells rang from Barton - upon- Humber to guide the traveller ; from Sleaford to Brigg , the land ...
... find these Spaws ' of Harrowgate . The road from Beverley to Hull was marked out by willows , which showed above the swamp ; at dusk the bells rang from Barton - upon- Humber to guide the traveller ; from Sleaford to Brigg , the land ...
Page 30
... find a hint that the knowledge of the force of steam was not lost . " The steam - engine began to take practical form in 1698 when Thomas Savery patented his engine for pumping water from mines . This invention was subsequently improved ...
... find a hint that the knowledge of the force of steam was not lost . " The steam - engine began to take practical form in 1698 when Thomas Savery patented his engine for pumping water from mines . This invention was subsequently improved ...
Page 61
... find cruelty and oppression , and in many cases the workmen were but slaves , bound to fulfil their master's commands under fear of dismissal and starvation . " A Manchester writer said , in 1842 : “ I never behold a poor factory child ...
... find cruelty and oppression , and in many cases the workmen were but slaves , bound to fulfil their master's commands under fear of dismissal and starvation . " A Manchester writer said , in 1842 : “ I never behold a poor factory child ...
Page 73
... find even a seconder of the motion to improve the condition of the employed . In the interest of the workers , he made an eloquent and passionate plea for factory regulation : " Shall we then go unblushingly and ask the legislators of ...
... find even a seconder of the motion to improve the condition of the employed . In the interest of the workers , he made an eloquent and passionate plea for factory regulation : " Shall we then go unblushingly and ask the legislators of ...
Page 87
... so rapidly , that we find ourselves to - day in a new world in which old landmarks have been submerged , the significance of which our philosophers and teachers have not yet fully understood FROM THE STANDPOINT OF MECHANICS 87.
... so rapidly , that we find ourselves to - day in a new world in which old landmarks have been submerged , the significance of which our philosophers and teachers have not yet fully understood FROM THE STANDPOINT OF MECHANICS 87.
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acres Adam Smith agriculture amount appliances Arkwright became capital capitalists centres classes clothing Co-operative competition cotton Democracy disease duction economic eighteenth century electric employed employers energy England English factory system forces freedom of contract French Revolution Government hand workers horse-power House of Lords human hundred ignorant important improved increased individual industrial organisation Industrial Revolution inventors iron knowledge labour Lancashire land legislation machinery machines Manchester manufacture means mechanical inventions medieval methods mill owners moral nation natural necessary Newcastle-on-Tyne output Parliament persons political economists population power loom problem productive capacity progress railway rapidly raw materials recognised reform regulation restricted Robert Owen sanitary secure Sidney Webb social society spindles spinners spinning steam steam-engine struggle stuffs textile things tion to-day towns trade transportation turn utilisation vast wages waste water frame wealth weaver weaving wool