 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 119de Robert John Thornton - 1799 - 2 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Guang-Zhen Sun - 2005 - 312 pages
...head; 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, divided... | |
 | David Warsh - 2006 - 456 pages
...head; 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, divided... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 2006 - 477 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. ... I have seen a small manufactory where ten men only were employed,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 2007 - 513 pages
...or three diftincT: operations; to put it on, ii a peculiar bufmefs, to whiten the pins is another i it is even a trade by itfelf to put them into the paper ; and the important bufmefs of making a pin is, in this manner, divided into about eighteen diftinft operations, which,... | |
 | Michael Lewis - 2007 - 1476 pages
...head; to make the head requires two or three distinct operations; to put it on is a peculiar business; instead of one. The same quantity of money, besides itself to put them into the paper; and the important business of making a pin is, in this manner, divided... | |
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