 | 1824 - 564 sider
...warp, or longitudinal threads, was made of linen-yarn imported from Germany. It was no uncommon thmg for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, before he could collect from five or six spinners wefi enough to employ him fo r the rest of the day.... | |
 | Richard Guest - 1823 - 110 sider
...with this disadvantage, very few could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three...necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner. It is evident that an important crisis for the Cotton Manufacture of Lancashire was now arrived. It... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1824 - 570 sider
...of cotton; while the •warp, or longitudinal threads, was made of linen-yarn imported from Germany. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, before he could • ': collect collect from five or six spinners weft enough to employ him fo r the... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 424 sider
...with this disadvantage, very few could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three...necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner." It was natural, in this state of things, that attempts should be made to contrive some method of spinning... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1831 - 252 sider
...procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. " It was no uncommon thing," he says, " for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning,...necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner." That the manufacture should have flourished in England at all under these difficulties is honorable... | |
 | Charles Knight, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1831 - 240 sider
...procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. " It was no uncommon thing," he says, " for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning,...to serve him for the remainder of the day; and when ho wished to weave a piece in a shorter time than usual, a new ribbon or gown was necessary to quicken... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 852 sider
...even with this disadvantage very few could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three...necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner. It is evident that an important crisis for the cotton manufacture of Lancashire was now arrived. It... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 874 sider
...even with this disadvantage very few could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. and rather pointing upwards, with the nail holes still...tell», that, in his tune, "It is »thing very • Fosbr wi-hed to weave a piece in a shorter time than usual, a new ribbon, or gown, was necessary to quicken... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - 1833 - 764 sider
...with this disadvantage, very few could procure weft enough to keep themselves constantly employed. It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three...necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner." It was natural, in this state of things, that attempts should be made to contrive some method of spinning... | |
 | 1835 - 542 sider
..." it was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, and call on rive or six spinners, before he could collect weft to serve...piece in a shorter time than usual, a new ribbon or a gown was necessary to quicken the exertions of the spinner." This check existing on the industry... | |
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It was no uncommon thing for a weaver to walk three or four miles in a morning, and call on five or six spinners, before he could collect weft to serve him for the remainder of the day ; and when he wished to weave a piece in a shorter time than usual,... 
