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" In watchmaking, as Mr. Babbage observes, " it was stated in evidence before a Committee of the House of Commons, that there are a hundred and two distinct branches of this art, to each of which a boy may be put apprentice ; and that he only learns his... "
A pamphlet and price list [of clocks and watches]. - Page 9
by E. Pulcifer - 1874
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On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures

Charles Babbage - Factory system - 1832 - 352 pages
...examination before a committee of the House of Commons, it was stated that there are a hundred and two distinct branches of this art, to each of which a boy may be put apprentice ; and that he only learns his master's department, and is unable, after his apprenticeship has expired, without subsequent...
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Principles of Political Economy

George Poulett Scrope - Economics - 1833 - 496 pages
...examination before a committee of the House of Commons, it was stated, that there are a hundred and two distinct branches of this art, to each of which a boy may be apprenticed. An equal gain results from the division of the labour of the head, as from that of the...
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Political Economy: Its Objects, Uses, and Principles: Considered with ...

Alonzo Potter - Capitalism - 1840 - 332 pages
...examination before a committee of the House of Commons, it was stated that there are a hundred and two distinct branches of this art, to each of which a boy may be apprenticed. The system of the .division of labour might, as we have said, be called with more propriety...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 19

Periodicals - 1841 - 276 pages
...examination before a committee of th« Ilouse of Commons, it was stated that there arc a hundred and two distinct branches of this art, to each of which a boy may be apprenticed. — G. POULETT SCROPE. LONDON: JOHN WILLIAM PARKER, WEST STRAND. IK WMO.Y NOMMM, PHICK...
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Sketches of Political Economy

James Stuart Laurie - Economics - 1864 - 106 pages
...evidence before a Committee of the House of Commons, that there are a hundred and two distinct branches in this art, to each of which a boy may be put apprentice ; and that he only learns his master's department, and is unable, after his apprenticeship is expired, without subsequent...
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Elements of Political Economy

Arthur Latham Perry - Business & Economics - 1866 - 492 pages
...evidence brought before a committee of the British House of Commons, there are one hundred and two distinct branches of this art, to each of which a boy may be put apprentice ; and when his apprenticeship is expired, he is unable, without subsequent instruction, to work at any other...
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Principles of Political Economy, with Some of Their Applications ..., Volume 1

John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1870 - 632 pages
...was stated in evidence before a Committee of the House of Commons, that there are a hundred and two distinct branches of this art, to each of which a boy may be pin apprentice; and that he only learns his master's department, and is unable, after his apprenticeship...
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Political Economy, for Plain People: Applied to the Past and Present State ...

George Poulett Scrope - Economics - 1873 - 492 pages
...examination before a committee of the House of Commons, it was stated that there are a hundred and two distinct branches of this art, to each of which a boy may be apprenticed. Fans, again, which are chiefly made in France, go through twenty different hands. But...
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The biblical museum. Old Testament, Volume 8

James Comper Gray - 1876 - 424 pages
...examination before a Committee of the House of Commons, it was stated that there are a hundred and two distinct branches of this art, to each of which a boy may be apprenticed." — O. Poulett Scrape. which time had left in the soil. It is the plough in its rudimentary...
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Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social ...

John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1885 - 626 pages
...was stated in evidence before a Committee of the House of Commons, that there are a hundred and two distinct branches of this art, to each of which a boy may be put apprentice ; and that he only learns his master's department, and is unable, after his apprenticeship has expired, without subsequent...
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