| Sir Edward Baines - 1835 - 590 páginas
...44 Bolton count, and the warp and weft 40 hanks to the Ib. " In 1823, a steam-loom weaver, about 15 years of age, attending two looms, could weave seven...pieces in a week. " In 1826, a steam-loom weaver, about 15 years of age, attending to two looms, could weave twelve similar pieces in a week; some could weave... | |
| 1835 - 492 páginas
...power-loom. The following estimate is given of its productiveness as compared with hand-loom labour. A very good hand-weaver, twenty-five or thirty years of age, will weave two pieces of cloth per week, of a certain description, each twenty-four yards long. In 1833, a steam-loom weaver,... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1835 - 838 páginas
...44 Bolton count, and the warp and weft 40 hanks to the Ib. " In 1823, a fleam-loom weaver, about 15 years of age, attending two looms, could weave seven similar pieces in £ week. • In 1826, a steam-loom weaver, about 15 years of age, mending to two looms, could weave... | |
| P. Gaskell - 1836 - 456 páginas
...1820. 1833. In England .... 12,150 . . . 85,000 In Scotland .... 2,000 . . . 15,000 14,150 100,000 " A very good hand-weaver, twenty-five or thirty years of age, will weave two pieces of 9-8ths shirting per week. " In 1823 a steam-loom weaver, about fifteen years of age, attending two looms, could weave'(even... | |
| Peter Gaskell - 1836 - 438 páginas
...manufacturers. The correctness of our opinions is attested by every page in the history of mechanism. The increasing powers of the steam-loom are shown...following statement, furnished by a manufacturer, as the advance which has already been made. * The progress of steam-looms will appear from the following... | |
| P. Gaskell - 1836 - 436 páginas
...manufacturers. The correctness of our opinions is attested by every page in the history of mechariism. The increasing powers of the steam-loom are shown...following statement, furnished by a manufacturer, as the advance which has already been made. * The progress of steam-looms will appear from the following... | |
| 1836 - 300 páginas
...power-loom. The following estimate is given of its productiveness as compared with hand-loom labour. A very good hand-weaver, twenty-five or thirty years of age, will weave two pieces of cloth per week, of a certain description, each twenty-four yards long. In 1833, a steam-loom weaver,... | |
| Massachusetts. Board of Education - 1839 - 698 páginas
...fifteen years of age, attending two looms, could weave seven similar pieces in a week. " ' In 1826, a steam-loom weaver, about fifteen years of age, attending two looms, could weave twelve similar pieces in a week ; some could weave fifteen, pieces. " ' In 1833, a steam-loom weaver,... | |
| Henry Brown (artisan.) - 1840 - 218 páginas
...speak plainer, in which the shuttle is thrown from the hand one hundred times. In 1823, a steam loom weaver, about fifteen years of age, attending two...could weave seven similar pieces in a week. In 1826, a steam loom weaver, about fifteen years of age, attending two looms, could weave twelve similar pieces... | |
| Massachusetts. General Court. Senate - 1842 - 980 páginas
...fifteen years of age, attending two looms, could weave seven similar pieces in a week. " ' In 1826, a steam-loom weaver, about fifteen years of age, attending two looms, could weave twelve similar pieces in a week ; some could weave fifteen pieces. " ' In 1833, a steam-loom weaver,... | |
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