 | Charles Babbage - Factory system - 1832 - 352 pages
...successfully practised unless there exists a great demand for its produce ; and it requires larger capital to be employed in those arts in which it is...has been carried, perhaps, to the greatest extent. In an examination before a committee of the House of Commons, it was stated that there are a hundred... | |
 | Edward J. Wood - Clocks and watches - 1866 - 464 pages
...sixty-eight separate pieces, to construct which gives occupation to no less than thirty-eight or forty different kinds of artificers. Babbage, in his ' Economy...produce ; and it requires a large capital to be employed ill those arts in which it is used. In watchmaking it has been carried, perhaps, to the greatest extent.... | |
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Manufactures," tells us that the division of labour cannot be successfully practised unless there exist a great demand for its produce ; and it requires a large capital to be employed in those arts in which it is used. 