Civilization: Or, A Brief Analysis of the Natural Laws that Regulate the Numbers and Condition of MankingSaunders and Otley, 1836 - 216 страници |
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... hand , and , on the other hand , the amount of comforts and conveniences that are brought within his reach . Let us first consider the effect of an increased facility of procuring food . After any considerable fall in the price of corn ...
... hand , and , on the other hand , the amount of comforts and conveniences that are brought within his reach . Let us first consider the effect of an increased facility of procuring food . After any considerable fall in the price of corn ...
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... hand- although the necessaries of life are cheaper- as also timber , fuel , and water power , and their machinery is at least equal to the English , yet we can afford to bring the raw material from America , as well as the timber to ...
... hand- although the necessaries of life are cheaper- as also timber , fuel , and water power , and their machinery is at least equal to the English , yet we can afford to bring the raw material from America , as well as the timber to ...
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... hands to work upon them , and they have been produced at a much less price , in consequence of such increased demand , than they would have been sold for , had the demand been a more limited one . " But the case is far different with ...
... hands to work upon them , and they have been produced at a much less price , in consequence of such increased demand , than they would have been sold for , had the demand been a more limited one . " But the case is far different with ...
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... hand , there was no great difference between the labour of one spinner and another but when spinning by machinery was introduced , a great variety of new occupations were engendered : builders , engineers , machine makers , clerks ...
... hand , there was no great difference between the labour of one spinner and another but when spinning by machinery was introduced , a great variety of new occupations were engendered : builders , engineers , machine makers , clerks ...
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... hands for much less wages than in England . He was of opinion that an English spinner would do as much work in six hours as a French spinner would in ten . It is a common remark of those who have had experience of labourers both in ...
... hands for much less wages than in England . He was of opinion that an English spinner would do as much work in six hours as a French spinner would in ten . It is a common remark of those who have had experience of labourers both in ...
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Страница 84 - If a landlord, or a capitalist, expends his revenue in the manner of an ancient baron, in the support of a great number of retainers, or menial servants, he will give employment to much more labour, than if he expended it on fine clothes, or costly furniture ; on carriages, on horses, or in the purchase of any other luxuries.
Страница 43 - In watchmaking, as Mr. Babbage observes, "it was stated in evidence before a Committee of the House of Commons, that there are a hundred and two distinct branches of this art, to each of which a boy may be put apprentice; and that he only learns his master's department, and is unable, after his apprenticeship has expired, without subsequent instruction, to work at any other branch. The watch-finisher, whose business...
Страница 85 - I could so employ with my revenue of £10,000, or with the food and clothing which it would purchase, would be to be added to the former demand for labourers, and this addition would take place only because I chose this mode of expending my revenue.
Страница 208 - The morasses have been drained ; and, in proportion as the soil has been cultivated, the air has become more temperate. Canada, at this day, is an exact picture of ancient Germany. Although situated in the same parallel with the finest provinces of France and England, that country experiences the most rigorous cold. The reindeer are very numerous, the ground is covered with deep and lasting snow, and the great river...
Страница 40 - ... that the accommodation of an European prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious and frugal peasant, as the accommodation of the latter exceeds 40 that of many an African king, the absolute master of the lives and liberties of ten thousand naked savages.
Страница 68 - ... workmen, which may render that contract a loss instead of a benefit; besides taking precautions to prevent them from becoming acquainted with it, he must also add to the price at which he could otherwise sell the article, some small increase to cover the risk of such an occurrence. If an establishment consist of several branches which can only be carried on jointly, as, for instance, of iron mines, blast furnaces, and a colliery, in which there are distinct classes of workmen, it becomes necessary...
Страница 188 - ... the night. No inquiries are made ; but the bodies are carried to a common pit without the city walls, into which all those that are living, as well as those that are dead, are said to be thrown promiscuously.