A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815, Volume 1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1878 - Great Britain |
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... The Development of British Industry The Trade in Wool In Cotton . 47 50 • 52 54 In Linen 66 In Silk 66 The Introduction of Steam as a Motive Power . 68 Iron 71 Coal 73 Population and the Rivers The Invention of Canals The Improvement.
... The Development of British Industry The Trade in Wool In Cotton . 47 50 • 52 54 In Linen 66 In Silk 66 The Introduction of Steam as a Motive Power . 68 Iron 71 Coal 73 Population and the Rivers The Invention of Canals The Improvement.
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... Cotton Spinners The Budget of 1818 Grant to Spain for abolishing the Slave Trade Grant for New Churches The Dissolution and General Election Prospects of Increased Prosperity The Resumption of Cash Payments The Rise in the Value of Gold ...
... Cotton Spinners The Budget of 1818 Grant to Spain for abolishing the Slave Trade Grant for New Churches The Dissolution and General Election Prospects of Increased Prosperity The Resumption of Cash Payments The Rise in the Value of Gold ...
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... for manufacturing purposes at the commence- ment of the century ; more than nine - tenths of these were produced at home ; and some 350,000 or 400,000 persons CHAP . I. Cotton . were probably employed in the HISTORY OF ENGLAND . 53.
... for manufacturing purposes at the commence- ment of the century ; more than nine - tenths of these were produced at home ; and some 350,000 or 400,000 persons CHAP . I. Cotton . were probably employed in the HISTORY OF ENGLAND . 53.
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... cotton was rapidly gaining upon wool . Cotton had been used in the extreme East and in the extreme West from the earliest periods of which we have any record . The Spaniards , on their discovery of America , found the Mexicans clothed ...
... cotton was rapidly gaining upon wool . Cotton had been used in the extreme East and in the extreme West from the earliest periods of which we have any record . The Spaniards , on their discovery of America , found the Mexicans clothed ...
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... cotton at all . More than a century elapsed before any considerable trade in cotton attracted the attention of the legislature . The woollen manu- facturers complained that people were dressing their children in printed cottons ; and ...
... cotton at all . More than a century elapsed before any considerable trade in cotton attracted the attention of the legislature . The woollen manu- facturers complained that people were dressing their children in printed cottons ; and ...
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