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" I have seen a small manufactory of this kind where ten men only were employed and where some of them consequently performed two or three distinct operations. But though they were very poor and therefore but indifferently accommodated with the necessary... "
London Labour and the London Poor: Cyclopaedia of the Condition and Earnings ... - Page 303
by Henry Mayhew - 1851
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 41

Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1776 - 526 pages
...where ten men only were employed, and where fome of thent confequently performed two or three diftinft operations. But though they were very poor, and therefore but indifferently accommodated with the neceflary machinery, they could, when they exerted themfelves, make among them about twelve pounds...
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 1

Adam Smith - Economics - 1789 - 526 pages
...where ten men only were employed, and where fome of them confequently performed two or three diftinct operations. But though they were very poor, and therefore but indifferently accommodated Avith the necefTary machinery, they could, when they exerted themfelves, make among them about twelve...
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Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy: Considered in It ..., Volume 3

George Adams - Physics - 1794 - 606 pages
...indifferently accommodated with the neeeflary machinery, they could, when they exerted th,emthemfelves, make among them about twelve pounds/ of pins in a day. There arc in a pound upward of 4000 pins of a middling lize, they could therefore make among them upwards...
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The Politician's Creed

Robert John Thornton - Economics - 1799 - 852 pages
...where ten men only were employed, and where fome of them confequently performed two or three diftindr. operations. — But though they were very poor, and...therefore but indifferently accommodated with the neceflary machinery, they could, when they exerted themfelves, make among them about twelve pounds...
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 1

Adam Smith - Economics - 1809 - 372 pages
...of them. I have seen a small manufactory of this kind, where ten men only were employed, and where some of them consequently performed two or three distinct...of pins in a day. There are in a pound upwards of four thousand pins of a middling size. Those ten persons, therefore, could make among them upwards...
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The Works of Adam Smith, Volume 2

Adam Smith - Economics - 1812 - 582 pages
...indifferently accommodated with the neceffary machinery, they could, when they exerted themfelves, make among them about twelve pounds of pins in a day, There are in a pound upwards of four thoufand pins of a middling fize. Thofe ten perfons, therefore, could make among them upwards...
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The Works of Adam Smith: The nature and causes of the wealth of nations

Adam Smith - Economics - 1812 - 530 pages
...where ten men only were employed, and where fome of them confequently performed two or three diftin6l operations. But though they were very poor, and therefore but indifferently accommodated with the neceffary machinery, they could, when they exerted themfelves, make among them about twelve pounds...
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The Works of Adam Smith, LL.D. and F.R.S. of London and Edinburgh:: The ...

Adam Smith - Economics - 1812 - 520 pages
...where ten men only were employed, and where fome of them confequently performed two or three diftinct operations. But though they were very poor, and therefore but indifferently accommodated with the neceflary machinery, they could, when they exerted themfelves, make among them about twelve pounds...
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Conversations on Political Economy: In which the Elements of that Science ...

Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - Economics - 1820 - 368 pages
...of them. I have seen a small manufactory-of this kind where ten men «nly were employed, and where some of them consequently performed two or three distinct...of pins in a day. There are in a pound upwards of four thousand pins of a middling size. Those ten persons, therefore could make among them upwards of...
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Conversations on Political Economy: In which the Elements of that Science ...

Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - Economics - 1821 - 510 pages
...them. I have seen a small manufactory " of this kind, where ten men only were em" ployed, and where some of them consequently " performed two or three...necessary " machinery, they could, when they exerted them" selves, make among them about twelve pounds of " pins in a day. There are in a pound upwards...
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