The spread of machinery : five pamphlets, 1793-1806

Language: English

Published by New York : Arno Press, 1972

0405044372 / 9780405044373

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Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Library copy. Physical description; 16, 99, 57, 24, 79 p. ; 23 cm. Notes; Facsimile reprints. Contents; A Letter to the landholders of the county of Wilts, on the alarming state of the poor -- Observations on the importance and necessity of introducing improved machinery into the woollen manufactory ; more particularly as it respects the interests of the counties of Wilts, Gloucester, and Somerset ; with general remarks on the present application to Parliament, by the manufacturers, for the repeal of several of the existing laws. In a letter, addressed to the Right Honourable Lord Henry Pettey / by John Anstie -- Considerations upon a bill now before Parliament, for repealing (in substance) the whole code of laws respecting the woollen manufacture of Great Britain : and for dissolving the ancient system of apprenticeship, by the abrogation of the laws relating thereto, as far as they respect the clothing trade, in certain counties, mentioned in the said bill -- Observations on woollen machinery -- The speech of Randle Jackson, esq. addressed to the honorable the committee of the House of Commons, appointed to consider the state of the woollen manufacture of England, on behalf of the cloth-workers and sheermen of the counties of Yorkshire, Lancashire, Wiltshire, Somersetshire, and Gloucestershire. Subjects; Woolen goods industry Great Britain. Machinery in the workplace. 1 Kg.…

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Bibliographic details

Title
The spread of machinery : five pamphlets, 1793-1806
Author
Carpenter, Kenneth E.
Publisher
New York : Arno Press
Publication year
1972
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0405044372
ISBN 13
9780405044373
Edition
Facsimile Edition.
Item weight
1 kilogram

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Asia and Asian Colonial History, Travel and Exploration, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Political Economy, Labour History and Literature, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Social History

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