The American system of manufactures: the report of the Committee on the Machinery of the United States 1855, and the special reports of George Wallis and Joseph Whitworth 1854Edinburgh U.P., 1969 - 440 pages |
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Page 76
... labour prices but to the cheapness of some natural resource inputs in America by comparison with their high price in ... labour , also by its extravagance in wood con- sumption , in effect substituted resources for labour . The latter ...
... labour prices but to the cheapness of some natural resource inputs in America by comparison with their high price in ... labour , also by its extravagance in wood con- sumption , in effect substituted resources for labour . The latter ...
Page 205
... labour , is much greater ; and that this excess in the hours of work , obtains generally in every industrial occupation . Employment , however , is always plentiful : labour , especi- ally skilled labour , ever in demand . Occasionally ...
... labour , is much greater ; and that this excess in the hours of work , obtains generally in every industrial occupation . Employment , however , is always plentiful : labour , especi- ally skilled labour , ever in demand . Occasionally ...
Page 416
... labour absence of ductility of mind , 15 adaptability of American , 27 , 138-9 , 203 , 283 attitudes adverse to changes in method , 15 , 28 , 388-9 Colt's importation of American , 7 costs , high : affecting price of end- product , 143 ...
... labour absence of ductility of mind , 15 adaptability of American , 27 , 138-9 , 203 , 283 attitudes adverse to changes in method , 15 , 28 , 388-9 Colt's importation of American , 7 costs , high : affecting price of end- product , 143 ...
Contents
Introduction by Nathan Rosenberg | 1 |
Orders and Instructions received by Committee 91 | 91 |
Journal of the Committee 98 | 98 |
Copyright | |
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