Old-world Questions and New-world AnswersK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1885 - 369 pages |
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... shillings , when a certain Chauncey Jerome suddenly revolutionized Clockland , by the introduction of a clock made ... shillings and the price of cased clocks to eight or ten shillings apiece 28 CLOCKLAND .
... shillings , when a certain Chauncey Jerome suddenly revolutionized Clockland , by the introduction of a clock made ... shillings and the price of cased clocks to eight or ten shillings apiece 28 CLOCKLAND .
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Daniel Pidgeon. price of cased clocks to eight or ten shillings apiece . A first consignment of Connecticut clocks was sent to England in 1842 and , since that time , not only have they found their way into almost every British kitchen ...
Daniel Pidgeon. price of cased clocks to eight or ten shillings apiece . A first consignment of Connecticut clocks was sent to England in 1842 and , since that time , not only have they found their way into almost every British kitchen ...
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... shillings to ten pounds a piece , and are sent to every part of the world . If the Waterbury Clock Company's factory is pro- perly called a palace of industry , I want a new name to characterize that of the Waterbury Watch Company . The ...
... shillings to ten pounds a piece , and are sent to every part of the world . If the Waterbury Clock Company's factory is pro- perly called a palace of industry , I want a new name to characterize that of the Waterbury Watch Company . The ...
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... shillings a week each and board . Mr. Crane was himself superintendent , and was allowed by his partners to draw thirty - six shillings a week . Such was manufacturing enterprise and such , small as they now seem , were wages at the ...
... shillings a week each and board . Mr. Crane was himself superintendent , and was allowed by his partners to draw thirty - six shillings a week . Such was manufacturing enterprise and such , small as they now seem , were wages at the ...
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... shillings , while his white equivalent demands a wage of five shillings a day . There is no room for surprise if , under these circumstances , Irish and European , which , rather than native American labour is concerned in this matter ...
... shillings , while his white equivalent demands a wage of five shillings a day . There is no room for surprise if , under these circumstances , Irish and European , which , rather than native American labour is concerned in this matter ...
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