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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature - Page 195
edited by - 1776
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Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy: Considered in It ..., Volume 3

George Adams - Science - 1794 - 540 pages
...bufinefs is now carried on, not only the ivbole ta-ork is a peculiar trade, but it is divided into a number of branches, of which the greater part are...peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, another ftraitens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it's top for receiving the head ;...
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The Politician's Creed

Robert John Thornton - Economics - 1799 - 852 pages
...bufinefs is now carried on, i)ot only the whole work is a peculiar trade, but it is divided into a number of branches, of which the greater part are likewife peculiar trades. — One man draws out tbt wire, another Jlraighti it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top far...
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The Youth's Companion: Or, An Historical Dictionary; Consisting of Articles ...

Ezra Sampson - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1807 - 506 pages
...fastening cloaths. In manufacturing pins in England, one man draws out the vrire, another straights it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top for rcccivinij the head: to make the head requires two or three distinct operations ; to put it on is a...
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The Works of Adam Smith, Volume 2

Adam Smith - Economics - 1812 - 582 pages
...this bufinefs is now carried on, not only the whole work is a peculiar trade, but it is divided into a number of branches, of which the greater part are...it, a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head-j to make the head requires p 4 two BOOK two or three diflinct operations ; to put it on, is a...
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The Works of Adam Smith: The nature and causes of the wealth of nations

Adam Smith - Economics - 1812
...bufinefs is now carried on, not only the whole \vork is a peculiar trade, but it is divided into a number of branches, of which the greater part are...out the wire, another ftraights it, a third cuts it, £ fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head ; to make the head requires...
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System of Shorthand on the Principle of the Association of Ideas

Peregrine Bingham - 1821 - 34 pages
...WHICH THE greater part ARE likewise peculiar trades. ONE man draws OUT TH-E wire ; ANOTHER strain/its IT ; a third cuts IT ; a fourth POINTS IT ; a fifth grinds IT AT THE top FO.R receiving THE HEAD; то make THE HEAD requires two OR three distinci OPERATIONS ; то put it ON is а реемliar business...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 17

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...making a pin affords employment to eighteen persons ; one man draws out the wire, another straights it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top to receive the head, which two or three are employed in making. To put it on, to whiten the pin, to...
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The Western Monthly Review, Volume 3

Timothy Flint - Mississippi River Valley - 1830 - 696 pages
...make a pin in a day. At present one man is solely occupied in drawing the wire, another straightens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head ; two operations are required for the head ; another whitens the pins; and still another puts them...
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The Christian Pioneer, Volume 3

Unitarianism - 1829 - 474 pages
...which the greater part are likewise peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, another straights it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head j to make the head, requires two or three distinct operations; to put it on is -a peculiar business;...
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First collection of instructive extracts

Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 pages
...used by the poorest in the land as well as the richest. One man draws out the wire ; another straights it ; a third cuts it ; a fourth points it ; a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving tho head ; to make the head requires two or three dia tinct operations ; it is a peculiar trade to...
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