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" ... 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 into about eighteen distinct operations, which, in some manufactories, are all performed by distinct hands, though in others... "
The Principles of Economical Philosophy - Page 160
by Henry Dunning Macleod - 1875 - 676 pages
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 41

Tobias Smollett - 1776 - 526 pages
...hands, though in others the feme man will fometimes perform two or three of them. I have feen a fmall manufactory of this kind where ten men only were employed, and where fome of thent confequently performed two or three diftinft operations. But though they were very poor,...
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 1

Adam Smith - 1789 - 526 pages
...hands, though in others the fame man will fometimes perform two or three of them. I have feen a fmall manufactory of this kind where ten men only were employed, and where fome of them confequently performed two or three diftinct operations. But though they were very poor,...
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The Politician's Creed

Robert John Thornton - 1799 - 852 pages
...where ten men only were employed, and where fome of them confequently performed two or three diftindr. operations. — But though they were very poor, and...therefore but indifferently accommodated with the neceflary machinery, they could, when they exerted themfelves, make among them about twelve pounds...
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The Works of Adam Smith: The nature and causes of the wealth of nations

Adam Smith - 1812 - 530 pages
...where ten men only were employed, and where fome of them confequently performed two or three diftin6l operations. But though they were very poor, and therefore but indifferently accommodated with the neceffary machinery, they could, when they exerted themfelves, make among them about twelve pounds...
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The Works of Adam Smith, Volume 2

Adam Smith - 1812 - 582 pages
...hands, though in others the fame man will fometimes perform two or three of them. I have feen a fmall manufactory of this kind where ten men only were employed, and where fome of them confequently performed two or three diftindl operations. But though they were very poor,...
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The Works of Adam Smith, LL.D. and F.R.S. of London and Edinburgh:: The ...

Adam Smith - 1812 - 520 pages
...hands, though in others the fame man will fometimes perform two or three of them. I have feen a fmall manufactory of this kind where ten men only were employed, and where fome of them confequently performed two or three diftinct operations. But though they were very poor,...
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The Youth's Companion: Or An Historical Dictionary; Consisting of Articles ...

Ezra Sampson - 1813 - 434 pages
...eighteen distinct operations, which in some manufactories, are all performed by distinct hands, though in others the same man will sometimes perform two or three of them. In consequence of such a division and combination of the different operations, they arc able to make...
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The Youth's Companion, Or, An Historical Dictionary: Consisting of Articles ...

Ezra Sampson - 1816 - 432 pages
...eighteen distinct operations, which in some manufactories, are all performed by distinct hands, though in others the same man will 'sometimes perform two or three of them. In consequence ot such a division and combination of the different operations, they are able to make...
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Conversations on Political Economy: In which the Elements of that Science ...

Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1820 - 368 pages
...eighteen distinct operations, which in some manufactories, are all performed by distinct hands, though in others the same man will sometimes perform two or three of them. I have seen a small manufactory-of this kind where ten men «nly were employed, and where some of them consequently performed...
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Conversations on Political Economy: In which the Elements of that Science ...

Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1821 - 510 pages
...dis" tinct operations, which, in some manufactories, are " all performed by distinct hands, though in others " the same man will sometimes perform two or...manufactory " of this kind, where ten men only were em" ployed, and where some of them consequently " performed two or three distinct operations : but...
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