History of the cotton manufacture in Great Britain : with a notice of its early history in the East, and in all the quarters of the globe : a description of the great mechanical inventions, which have caused its unexampled extension in Britain, and a view of the present state of the manufacture and the condition of the classes engaged in its several departments (1835)
Baines, Edward, Sir, 1800-1890 · London : H. Fisher, R. Fisher, and P. Jackson · leaf 219
nown but that of water. The use of machinery was accompanied by a greaterdivision of labour than existed in the primitive state ofthe manufacture ; the material went through many moreprocesses ; and of course the loss of time and the riskof waste would have been much increased, if its removalfrom… … THE COTTON MANUFACTURE. 18) same building. Where water power was required, itwas economy to build one mill, and put up one water-wheel, rather than several. This arrangement alsoenabled the master spinner himself to superintend everystage of the manufacture : it gave him a greater securityagainst…
Cotton manufacture
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
