 A common smith, who, though accustomed to handle the hammer, has never been used to make nails, if, upon some particular occasion, he is obliged to attempt it, will scarce, I am assured, be able to make above two or three hundred nails in a day, and those...  The Principles of Economical Philosophy - Page 168by Henry Dunning Macleod - 1875 - 676 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Adam Smith - 1809 - 372 pages
...it, will scarce, I am assured, be able to make above two or three hundred nails in a day, and those too very bad ones. A smith who has been accustomed...years of age, who had never exercised any other trade but that of making nails, and who, when they exerted themselves, could make, each of them, upwards... | |
 | H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pages
...1 am assured, b« «Ы« to make «bora two or three hundred nails in a day, and those too тегу bad ones. A smith who has been accustomed to make nails, but whose tole or principal business has not been that of a nailer, can seldom with his utmost diligence make... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1825 - 204 pages
...it, will scarce, I am assured, be able to make above two or three hundred nails in a day, and those very bad ones. A smith who has been accustomed to...more than eight hundred or a thousand nails in a day. But I have seen several boys under twenty years of age, who had never exercised any other trade but... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1825 - 446 pages
...it, will scarce, I am assured, be able to make above two or three hundred nails in a day, and those very bad ones. A smith who has been accustomed to...more than eight hundred or a thousand nails in a day. But I have seen several boys under twenty years of age, who had never exercised any other trade but... | |
 | Samuel Read - 1829 - 440 pages
...it, will scarce, I am assured, be able to make above two or three hundred nails in a day, and those too very bad ones. A smith who has been accustomed...seen several boys under twenty years of age who had an argument is found exactly suited to our purpose, no time ought to to be lost in translating or manufacturing... | |
 | Samuel Read - 1829 - 444 pages
...it, will scarce, I am assured, be able to make above two or three hundred nails in a day, and those too very bad ones. A smith who has been accustomed to make nails, but whose solo or principal business has not been that of a nailer, can seldom with his utmost diligence make... | |
 | Gill's scientific, technological and microscopic repository - 1830 - 420 pages
...it, will scarce, I am assured, be able to make above two or three hundred nails in a day, and those too very bad ones. A smith who has been accustomed...years of age, who had never exercised any other trade but that of makings nails, and who, when they exerted themselves, could make each of them upwards of... | |
 | John Gray - 1831 - 400 pages
...scarce, I am " ' assured, be able to make above two or " * three hundred nails in a day, and those, " ' too, very bad ones. A smith who has been " ' accustomed...that of " * a nailer, can seldom, with his utmost dili" ' gence, make more than eight hundred or " ' a thousand nails in a day. But I have " ' seen several... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1838 - 476 pages
...assured, be able to make above two or three hundred nails in a day, and those, too, тегу bad one«. A smith who has been accustomed to make nails, but...business has not been that of a nailer, can seldom, with h:s utmost diligence, make more than eight hundred or a thousand nails in a day. I have seen several... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1840 - 608 pages
...occupation is not making nails can seldom with the utmost diligence make more than 800 or 1000 daily. I have seen several boys under twenty years of age, who had never exercised any other trade than that of making nails, who could make each of them 2300 nails aday."f The effects of the separation... | |
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