 | American Geographical and Statistical Society - Geography - 1852 - 610 pages
...weaving is done by hand looms. The number of hands employed in cotton weaving is not less than 300,000. SWITZERLAND ranks next to England, in comparison with...likewise one of the countries that consumes the most. She has in operation more than 950,000 spindles, and manufactures all the numbers up to 250 (English.)... | |
 | J. G. Dudley, John F. Entz - Cotton - 1853 - 104 pages
...is done by hand looms. The number of hands employed in cotton iveaving is not less than 300,000. _ SWITZERLAND ranks next to England, in comparison with...likewise one of the countries that consumes the most. She has in operation more than 9 50, COO spindles, and manufactures all the numbers up to 250 (English.)... | |
 | Dressmaking - 1870 - 474 pages
...during the summer in the cultivation of their grounds, and take to the loom in winter and leisure hours. Switzerland ranks next to England, in comparison with...cotton ; it is likewise one of the countries that consume the most. The production has rapidly increased during a period of thirty years, without any... | |
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... employed directly and indirectly in the spinning mills is about 50,000. In addition to their own production of cotton yarn they import considerable from abroad, mainly from England. Most of their weaving is done by hand looms. The number of hands... 