The Useful Arts and Manufactures of Great Britain: (First Selection.) ...1850 - Industrial arts - 493 pages |
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... passed requiring proprietors of enclosed land to plant at least three mulberry trees ; and ordering that all cocoons be publicly sold in the market , both the buyer and seller paying a tax thereon . Spain had also about this time made ...
... passed requiring proprietors of enclosed land to plant at least three mulberry trees ; and ordering that all cocoons be publicly sold in the market , both the buyer and seller paying a tax thereon . Spain had also about this time made ...
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... passed for encouraging the growth of silk in these colonies , exempting it from payment of duty on importation into the port of London . An Italian gentleman was engaged to proceed to Georgia , and instruct the colo- nists in the ...
... passed for encouraging the growth of silk in these colonies , exempting it from payment of duty on importation into the port of London . An Italian gentleman was engaged to proceed to Georgia , and instruct the colo- nists in the ...
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... passed for the protection of the silk women of London , by prohibiting during five years the importation of articles similar to those ma- nufactured by them , enumerates only small wares , such as twined ribands , chains or girdles . In ...
... passed for the protection of the silk women of London , by prohibiting during five years the importation of articles similar to those ma- nufactured by them , enumerates only small wares , such as twined ribands , chains or girdles . In ...
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... passed in 1661 , that the company of silk throwsters in London then employed above 40,000 persons ; and from this time it was enacted that no one should set up in the silk trade without serving an apprenticeship of seven years , and ...
... passed in 1661 , that the company of silk throwsters in London then employed above 40,000 persons ; and from this time it was enacted that no one should set up in the silk trade without serving an apprenticeship of seven years , and ...
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... passed with the intention of promoting its prosperity . The demand for the raw material had so much increased , that , in 1749 , parliament reduced the duties payable on the importations of raw silk by the East India Company from China ...
... passed with the intention of promoting its prosperity . The demand for the raw material had so much increased , that , in 1749 , parliament reduced the duties payable on the importations of raw silk by the East India Company from China ...
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Page 5 - O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Page 5 - Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thce, " And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one brcaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again : and they shall bury them in tophet, till there be no place to bury.
Page 62 - And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.
Page 3 - ... a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and...
Page 71 - Of sounding an alarm assaults these doors Till the street rings; no stationary steeds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves, and quake: But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows; the well-depicted...
Page 43 - I myself thought good to imitate the Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meate, not only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany, and oftentimes in England since I came home...
Page 42 - I observed a custome in all those Italian cities and townes through the which I passed, that is not used in any other country that I saw in my travels ; neither do I think that any other nation of Christendome doth use it, but only Italy.
Page 4 - Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter : so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Page 17 - So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan : but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
Page 27 - From the first appearance of this ground may be dated the origin of the modern pillow lace trade ; but it was not until the beginning of the present century that the...