 | Adam Smith - 1789 - 526 páginas
...another, is much greater than we fhould at firft view be apt to imagine it. It is impoffible to pafs very quickly from one kind of work to another, that...and with quite different tools. A country weaver, who cultivates a fmall farm, muft lofe a good deal (of time in pafiing from his loom to the field,... | |
 | Robert John Thornton - 1799 - 852 páginas
...greater than we fliould at firft view be apt to imagine it. — It is impoflible to pafs very quic!,Iy from one kind of work to another, that is carried...with quite different tools. — A country weaver, who cultivates a fmall farm, muft lofe a good deal of time in parting from his loom to the field, and... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1809 - 372 páginas
...the human hand could, by those who had never seen them, be supposed capable gf acquiring. Secondly, the advantage which is gained by saving the time commonly...and with quite different tools. A country weaver, who cultivates a small farm, must lose a good deal of time in passing from his loom to the field, and... | |
 | Walter Thom - 1811 - 742 páginas
...employment of his life, ne" ccssarily increases very much the dexterity of the " workman." — Secondly, " The advantage which is " gained by saving the time...than we should at first view be apt to imagine " it ;" and, thirdly, " Labour is facilitated and " abridged by the application of proper machinery," *he... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1812 - 530 páginas
...another, is much greater than we fhould at firft view be apt to imagine it. It is impoffible to pafs very quickly from one kind of work to another, that...and with quite different tools. A country weaver, who cultivates a fmall farm, muft lofe a good deal of time in pafling from his loom to the field, and... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1812 - 520 páginas
...another, is much greater than we mould at firft view be apt to imagine it. It is impoffible to pafs very quickly from one kind of work to another, that...and with quite different tools, A country weaver, who cultivates a fmall farm, muft lofe a good deal of time in paffing from his loom to the field, and... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 páginas
...2. To the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another. It is impossible to pass very quickly from one kind of work to another. A country weaver, who cultivates a small farm, must lose a deal of time in passing from the loom to... | |
 | H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 páginas
...the human hand could, by those who had never ieeo them, be supposed capable of acquiring. Secondly, the advantage which is gained by saving the time commonly...and with quite different tools. A country weaver, who cultivates a small farm , must lose a good deal of time in passing from his loom to the field,... | |
 | 1825 - 424 páginas
...making nails and nothing else, and he will make between two and three thousand nails in a day. Secondly, the advantage which is gained by saving the time commonly...to another, is much greater than we should at first sight be apt to imagine. A man commonly saunters a little in turning his hand from one employment to... | |
 | Samuel Read - 1829 - 444 páginas
...supposed capable of acquiring."* " Secondly," continues Dr Smith in illustration of the second head, " the advantage which is gained by saving the time commonly...place, and with quite different tools. A country weaver who cultivates a small farm must lose a good deal of time in passing from his loom to the field and... | |
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Secondly, the advantage which is gained by saving the time commonly lost in passing from one sort of work to another, is much greater than we should at first view be apt to imagine it. It is impossible to pass very quickly from one kind of work to another,... 
