 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 ; to make the head requires two or three distinct operations ; to put it on is a peculiar business, to whiten the...  The Politician's Creed - Page 119by Robert John Thornton - 1799 - 2 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1776 - 526 pages
...receiving the head ; to make the head requires two, or three dif. tincl operations ; to put it on, is a peculiar bufinefs ; to whiten the pins is another; it is even a trade by itfelf to pat them into the paper; and the important bufinefs of making a pin is, in this manner, divided into... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1789 - 526 pages
...the head; to make the head requires B 4 two BOOK two or three diftinct operations ; to put it on, is a peculiar bufinefs, to whiten the pins is another;...pin is, in this manner, divided into about eighteen diftin6t operations, which, in fome manufactories, are all performed by diftinct hands, though in others... | |
 | George Adams - Science - 1794 - 540 pages
...the head requires two or three diftinct operations ; to put it on is a peculiar buiinefs, to \\hiten the pins is another; it is even a trade by itfelf to put it into paper. And the important bufinefs of making a pin is in this manner divided into about eighteen... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1807 - 506 pages
...to make the head requires two or three distinct operations ; to put it on is a peculiar bu.-incss, to whiten the pins is another ; it is even a trade by itself to put them into tinpaper ; and the important business of making a pin, is, in this manner,... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1809 - 372 pages
...to make the head requires two or three distinct operations ; to put it on is a peculiar business ; to whiten the pins is another ; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper ; and the important business of making a pin is, in this manner,... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1812 - 520 pages
...the head ; to make the head requires B 4 two BOOK two or three diftinct operations ; to put it on, is a peculiar bufinefs, .to whiten the pins is another...pin is, in this manner, divided into about eighteen diftinct operations, which, in fome manufactories, are all performed by diftinct hands, though in others... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1812
...head ; to make the head requires 8 4 two BOOK two or three diflinct operations ; to put it on, is . a peculiar bufinefs, to whiten the pins is another;...pin is, in this manner, divided into about eighteen diftinct operations, which, in fome manufactories, are all performed by diftin6l hands, though in others... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1812 - 530 pages
...the head ; to make the head requires B 4 two BOOK two or three diftinct operations ; to put it on, is a peculiar bufinefs, to whiten the pins is another...making a pin is, in this manner, divided into about eighr teen diftinft operations, which, in fome manufactories, are all performed by diftinct hands,... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 434 pages
...: to make the head requires two or three distinct operations ; to put it on is a peculiar business, to whiten the pins is another ; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper ; and the important business of making a pin, is, in this manner,... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - Economics - 1821 - 510 pages
...make the head, requires two or " three distinct operations; to put it on, is a peculiar " business; to whiten the pins is another : it is even " a trade by itself to put them into the paper ; " and the important business of making a pin is, " in this manner,... | |
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