 ... men ; that is to say, if men were employed to furnish the power to carry on the industries of this country, it would require 21,000,000 men, and 21,000,000 men represent a population, according to the ratio of the census of 1880, of 105,000,000.  Wall Street and the Country: A Study of Recent Financial Tendencies - Página 127por Charles Arthur Conant - 1904 - 247 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Uriel Haskell Crocker - 1886 - 44 páginas
...previously been engaged in 1 The Hon. Carroll D. Wright, in his report before referred to, says: — " The mechanical industries of the United States are...round numbers 3,500,000 horse power, each horse power equalling the muscular labor of six men, — that is to say, if men were employed to furnish the power... | |
 | 1886 - 338 páginas
...enormous benefits gained by the people at large through the application of motive power the report says : The mechanical industries of the United States are...steam and water power, representing in round numbers 3,400,000 horse-power, equalling the muscular labor of six men. That is to say, if men were employed... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Labor - 1886 - 508 páginas
...striking nature, which may be considered the epitome of the influence of steam and of power machinery. The mechanical industries of the United States are...steam and water power representing, in round numbers, Í5,500,000 horsepower,^) each horse-power equaling the muscular labor of 6 men ; that is to say, if... | |
 | Thomas Phillips Thompson - 1887 - 226 páginas
...United States Labor Bureau for 1886, in which it is stated that the mechanical industries of the country are carried on by steam and water power representing...men were employed to furnish the power to carry on these industries, it would require twenty-one million men, representing a population of 105,000,000... | |
 | North Carolina. Department of Labor and Printing - 1887 - 264 páginas
...necessities of mankind. Upon this point Hon. Carroll D. Wright, in his first annual report 1886, says: " The mechanical industries of the United States are carried on by steam and water-power, representing, in round numbers, 3.500,000 horse-power, each horsepower equaling the muscular... | |
 | North Carolina. Department of Labor and Printing - 1887 - 264 páginas
...necessities of mankind. Upon this point Hon. Carroll D. Wright, in his first annual report 1886, says: " The mechanical industries of the United States are carried on by steam and water-power, representing, in round numbers, 3.500,000 horse-power, each horsepower equaling the muscular... | |
 | New Hampshire - 1893 - 1262 páginas
...striking nature, which may be considered the epitome of the influence of steam and of power machinery. " The mechanical industries of the United States are carried on by steam- and water-power, representing, in round numbers, 3,500,000 horse-power, (a) each horse-power equaling the... | |
 | New Hampshire. Bureau of Labor - 1893 - 326 páginas
...striking nature, which may be considered the epitome of the influence of steam and of power machinery. " The mechanical industries of the United States are carried on by steam- and water-power, representing, in round numbers, 3,500,000 horse-power, (a) each horse-power equaling the... | |
 | Charles Henry Vail - 1897 - 202 páginas
...carding, one set of patent carders will turn out more in one day than the old carders would in one week. " The mechanical industries of the United States are...water power representing, in round numbers, 3,500,000 horse-power, (a) each horse-power equalling the muscular labor of six men ; that is to say, if men... | |
 | 1896 - 446 páginas
...working ten hours a day one hundred days. In summary of the situation, Mr. Wright says, for instance, " The mechanical industries of the United States are...water power representing, in round numbers, 3,500,000 horsepower, each horse-power equaling the muscular labor of six men; that is to say, If men were employed... | |
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