 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1834 - Počet stránok 478
...power which it had acquired, and exercised with the usual bad consequences. Hence, many endeavours have been made to comb wool entirely by machinery,...perfection, as completely to supersede the employment of wool-combers.* It consists of two large wheels, set with spikes, und which are made to approach and... | |
 | 1859 - Počet stránok 598
...out, the proprietors applied their capital and skill to the improvement of a wool-combing machine, and in a short time brought it to such perfection as completely to supersede the employment of woolcombers. It may be added that the trade of Bradford has never prospered so steadily, nor maintained... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1861 - Počet stránok 192
...out, the proprietors applied their capital and skill to the improvement of a wool-combing machine, and in a short time brought it to such perfection as completely to supersede the employment of wool-combers. It may be added that the trade of Bradford has never prospered so steadily, nor maintained... | |
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The Woolcombers' Union has been celebrated above a century, and several Acts of Parliament have been passed with the object of suppressing the power which it had acquired, and exercised with the usual bad consequences. Hence, many endeavours have been... 