Memoir of Samuel Slater: The Father of American ManufacturesGales & Seaton, 1836 - 448 sider |
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... direction . Of course , in the earliest in- fancy of the business , and before the machinery to be constructed was itself thoroughly understood , or the means for making it as ample as could have been desired , imperfections to a ...
... direction . Of course , in the earliest in- fancy of the business , and before the machinery to be constructed was itself thoroughly understood , or the means for making it as ample as could have been desired , imperfections to a ...
Side 57
... direction of Mr. Orr , also constructed a machine , or model , and by a resolve of the general court of the same date 201. lawful money , was placed in the hands of Mr. Orr to encourage him in the enterprise . The above machines and ...
... direction of Mr. Orr , also constructed a machine , or model , and by a resolve of the general court of the same date 201. lawful money , was placed in the hands of Mr. Orr to encourage him in the enterprise . The above machines and ...
Side 63
... directions of Mr. Alexander , and put in operation in the market house chamber ; this was the first fly - shuttle ever used in Rhode Island . A piece of corduroy was there woven , the warp being linen and the filling cotton , but as ...
... directions of Mr. Alexander , and put in operation in the market house chamber ; this was the first fly - shuttle ever used in Rhode Island . A piece of corduroy was there woven , the warp being linen and the filling cotton , but as ...
Side 64
... direction of his father , who it is thought spun the first yarn from jennies , by the assistance of his sons . There were thirty spindles on the jenny . The card- ing machine produced a roll eighteen inches long . It was then taken by a ...
... direction of his father , who it is thought spun the first yarn from jennies , by the assistance of his sons . There were thirty spindles on the jenny . The card- ing machine produced a roll eighteen inches long . It was then taken by a ...
Side 76
... even tools to work with , could not be obtained ; all these were made by Mr. Slater's own hands , or by his directions . He laboured night and day under every disadvantage , to accomplish his purpose , but the 76 MEMOIR OF SAMUEL SLATER .
... even tools to work with , could not be obtained ; all these were made by Mr. Slater's own hands , or by his directions . He laboured night and day under every disadvantage , to accomplish his purpose , but the 76 MEMOIR OF SAMUEL SLATER .
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Side 280 - Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them;...
Side 182 - In testimony whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of the Department of the Interior of the United States to be hereunto affixed.
Side 144 - Whilst we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice, and behold them penetrating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's Bay, and Davis' Straits, whilst we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the South...
Side 144 - And pray, sir, what in the world is equal to it? Pass by the other parts, and look at the manner in which the people of New England have of late carried on the whale fishery.
Side 280 - Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools in the towns; to encourage private societies and public institutions, rewards and immunities, for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufacture and a natural history of the country...
Side 29 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast ; no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame, nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble...
Side 145 - We know that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude and pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil.
Side 201 - We have experienced what we did not then believe, that there exists both profligacy and power enough to exclude us from the field of interchange with other nations: that to be independent for the comforts of life we must fabricate them ourselves. We must now place the manufacturer by the side of the agriculturist.
Side 182 - President of the United States of America, to all who shall see these Presents, Greeting: KNOW YE, That reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity...
Side 110 - It is, therefore, of necessity, left to the discretion of the National Legislature to pronounce upon the objects which concern the general welfare, and for which, under that description, an appropriation of money is requisite and proper. And there seems to be no room for a doubt that whatever concerns the general interests of learning, of agriculture, of manufactures, and of commerce are within the sphere of the national councils, as far as regards an application of money.