| Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1776 - 526 pages
...make one pin in a day, and certainly could not make twenty. But in the way in which this bufiiiefs is now carried on, not only the whole work is a peculiar trade, but it is divided into 3 number of branches, of which the greater part are likewife peculiar trades. One man draws out the... | |
| Adam Smith - Economics - 1789 - 526 pages
...induftry, make one pin in a day, and certainly could not make twenty. But in the way in which this bufinefs is now carried on, not only the whole work is a peculiar...number of branches, of which the greater part are likewife peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, another ftraights it, a third cuts it,, a fourth... | |
| George Adams - Physics - 1794 - 606 pages
...make twenty pins in a day. But in the way which this bufinefs is now carried on, not only the it'hole work is a peculiar trade, but it is divided into a number of branches, of which the greater part are likewife peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, another ftraitens it, a third cuts it, a fourth... | |
| George Adams - Science - 1794 - 540 pages
...twenty pins in a day. But in the way which this bufinefs is now carried on, not only the ivbole ta-ork is a peculiar trade, but it is divided into a number of branches, of which the greater part are likewife peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, another ftraitens it, a third cuts it, a fourth... | |
| Robert John Thornton - Economics - 1799 - 852 pages
...day, and certainly could not twenty. — But in the way in which this bufinefs is now carried on, i)ot only the whole work is a peculiar trade, but it is...number of branches, of which the greater part are likewife peculiar trades. — One man draws out tbt wire, another Jlraighti it, a third cuts it, a... | |
| John Evans - English prose literature - 1807 - 318 pages
...taking an example from a very trifling manufacture ; namely, the trade of a pinmaker. This business is divided into a number of branches, of which the greater part are pe» culiar trades. Oue man draws out the wire ; II 6 another straightens it ; a third cuts it ; a... | |
| Adam Smith - Economics - 1809 - 372 pages
...given occasion), could ssarce, perhaps, with his utmost industry, make one pin in a day, and certainly could not make twenty. But in the way in which this...peculiar trades. 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... | |
| Adam Smith - Economics - 1812 - 520 pages
...induftry, make one pin in a day, and certainly could not make twenty. But in the way in which this bufinefs is now carried on, not only the whole work is a peculiar...number of branches, of which the greater part are likewife peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, another ftraights it, a third cuts it, a fourth... | |
| Adam Smith - Economics - 1812 - 582 pages
...induftry, make one pin in a day, and certainly could not make twenty. But in the way in which this bufinefs is now carried on, not only the whole work is a peculiar...number of branches, of which the greater part are likewife peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, another ftraights it, a third cuts it, a fourth... | |
| Adam Smith - Economics - 1812
...not make twenty. But in the way in which this bufinefs is now carried on, not only the whole \vork is a peculiar trade, but it is divided into a number of branches, of which the greater part are likewife peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, another ftraights it, a third cuts it, £ fourth... | |
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