On the changes in the locality and processes of textile manufacture consequent on the application of steam to their production
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Taylor, W. Cooke. 'On the changes in the locality and processes of textile manufacture consequent on the application of steam to their production'. - Dublin: Transactions of the Dublin Statistical Society,Vol. I Session 1, 1847/1848, pp3-10Download Item:
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Abstract:
Circumstances, with the details of which it is not necessary to
trouble this society, have led me to pay much attention to the
factory system in connexion with the production of textile fabrics,
and particularly of cottons and woollens. I propose tonight
briefly to investigate one phenomenon of this branch of production;
its tendency to locate and confine itself to particular districts,
and to inquire how far this is to be attributed to certain natural
advantages and facilities possessed by these districts, and how
far it may be ascribed to artificial circumstances, which may be
regarded as placed more or less within human control. A very
brief summary of the growth of the cotton manufacture in South
Lancashire, will greatly aid us in approximating to a correct solution
of the problem proposed.
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Read February 15th 1848
Author: Taylor, W. Cooke
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Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of IrelandType of material:
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Journal of The Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of IrelandVol. I Session 1 1847/1848
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Textile industry, Industrial centresISSN:
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