 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...  Principles of Political Economy - Page 75by George Poulett Scrope - 1833 - 457 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Arthur Latham Perry - Business & Economics - 1866 - 492 pages
...watchmaking. According to 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,... | |
 | George Poulett Scrope - Economics - 1873 - 492 pages
...been successfully carried to so great an extent as in that of watch-making. In an examination before a committee of the House of Commons, it was stated...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 the result is,... | |
 | E. Pulcifer - 1874 - 96 pages
...greatest extent. It was stated in evidence before a committee of the House of Commons that there were 102 distinct branches of this art, to each of which a boy may be put apprentice ; and that he learns only his master's department, and is unable, after his apprenticeship... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1876 - 424 pages
...been successfully carried to so great an extent as in that of watchmaking. In an examination before a Committee of the House of Commons, it was stated...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 form —... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1885 - 626 pages
...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 master's department, and is unable, after his apprenticeship... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1892 - 628 pages
...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 master's department, and is unable, after his apprenticeship... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1900 - 506 pages
...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 master's department, and is unable, after his apprenticeship... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1904 - 626 pages
...observes, "it was stated in evidemf before a Committee of the Hou.<« nf Commons, that there are a hundn1! 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... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Classical school of economics - 1909 - 1076 pages
...production of which in the i~*ult of such a multitude of manual operations, can be sold for a trifling 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... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1909 - 1086 pages
...production of which is the raralt of such a multitude of manual operations, can be sold for a trifling sum. 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... | |
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