History of British Commerce and of the Economic Progress of the British Nation 1763-1870Murray, 1872 - 527 pagina's |
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... Manufacture . The Silk Manufacture and French Competition . - The Linen Industry . - Iron and Coal . - The Earthenware Industry . — The Steam Engine . - Progress of Chemical Science . -The Society of Arts , and Royal Academy ...
... Manufacture . The Silk Manufacture and French Competition . - The Linen Industry . - Iron and Coal . - The Earthenware Industry . — The Steam Engine . - Progress of Chemical Science . -The Society of Arts , and Royal Academy ...
Pagina 6
... manufacture it into a beautiful and durable material at moderate prices . In ancient times , probably as early as the eighth century , India furnished Europe with her muslin , so called from Musul in Mesopotamia . The Assyrians brought ...
... manufacture it into a beautiful and durable material at moderate prices . In ancient times , probably as early as the eighth century , India furnished Europe with her muslin , so called from Musul in Mesopotamia . The Assyrians brought ...
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... manufacture , and became almost entirely the product of machinery . To them it is that we owe the factory system ... manufactures . The principal actors in this great revolution were humble operatives , working alone without status or ...
... manufacture , and became almost entirely the product of machinery . To them it is that we owe the factory system ... manufactures . The principal actors in this great revolution were humble operatives , working alone without status or ...
Pagina 8
... manufacture away to the villages and townships of Yorkshire . And there it remained in a dull and unsatisfactory condition , the manufacturers CHAP . I. ] STATE OF THE SILK MANUFACTURE . 8 [ PART I. HISTORY OF BRITISH COMMERCE .
... manufacture away to the villages and townships of Yorkshire . And there it remained in a dull and unsatisfactory condition , the manufacturers CHAP . I. ] STATE OF THE SILK MANUFACTURE . 8 [ PART I. HISTORY OF BRITISH COMMERCE .
Pagina 9
... manufactures , that these began to undergo a complete transformation . manufacture Nor was it any better with the silk manufacture . There , too , French competition was a constant source of anxiety , and the weavers lost no opportunity ...
... manufactures , that these began to undergo a complete transformation . manufacture Nor was it any better with the silk manufacture . There , too , French competition was a constant source of anxiety , and the weavers lost no opportunity ...
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History of British Commerce and of the Economic Progress of the British ... Leone Levi Volledige weergave - 1872 |
History of British Commerce and of the Economic Progress of the British ... Leone Levi Volledige weergave - 1872 |
History of British Commerce: And of the Economic Progress of the British ... Leone Levi Volledige weergave - 1872 |
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Pagina 279 - THE EXHIBITION of 1851 is to give us a true test and a living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting point from which all nations will be able to direct their further exertions.
Pagina 109 - Majesty's ships of war and privateers shall be, and are hereby, instructed to warn every neutral vessel coming from any such port, and destined to another such port, to discontinue her voyage, and not to proceed to any such port; and...
Pagina 153 - ... if any person shall by violence to the person or property of another, or by threats or intimidation, or by molesting or in any way obstructing another, force or endeavour to force any manufacturer or person carrying on any trade or business, to make any alteration in his mode of regulating, managing, conducting or carrying on such manufacture, trade or business, or to limit the number of his apprentices, or the number or description of his journeymen, workmen or servants...
Pagina 315 - May one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, the Straight Line or Distance between the Centres of the Two Points in the Gold Studs in the Straight Brass Rod, now in the Custody of the Clerk of the House of Commons, whereon the Words and Figures
Pagina 84 - British empire, a public institution for diffusing the knowledge and facilitating the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions and improvements, and for teaching, by courses of philosophical lectures and experiments, the application of science to the common purposes of life.
Pagina 153 - Person to belong to any Club or Association, or to contribute to any common Fund, or to pay any Fine or Penalty, or on account of his not belonging to any particular Club or Association, or not having contributed or having refused to contribute to any common Fund, or to pay any Fine or Penalty, or on account of his not having complied or of his refusing to comply with any Rules, Orders, Resolutions or Regulations...
Pagina 104 - November, 1793, we signified, that they should stop and detain all ships laden with goods, the produce of any colony belonging to France, or carrying provisions or other supplies for the use of any such colony, and should bring the same, with their cargoes, to legal adjudication.
Pagina 334 - That the uncertainty of the law and of the duties in such a matter, gives rise to differences of opinion between neutrals and belligerents which may occasion serious difficulties, and even conflicts ; That it is consequently advantageous to establish a uniform doctrine on so important a point; That the Plenipotentiaries assembled in Congress at Paris cannot better respond to the intentions by which their Governments are animated, than by seeking to introduce into international relations fixed principles...
Pagina 160 - Tell me not of rights — talk not of the property of the planter in his slaves. I deny the right — I acknowledge not the property.
Pagina 331 - To preserve the commerce of neutrals from all unnecessary obstruction, her majesty is willing, for the present, to waive a part of the belligerent rights appertaining to her by the law of nations. It is impossible for her majesty to forego the exercise of her right of seizing articles contraband of war, and of preventing neutrals from bearing the enemy's despatches...