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IiOW:EIiIi ANB IT3 OPERATIVES. 335;
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Two Hundred Years Ago, The Fawtuckets, A...
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g , .. .. . THE FACTORIES . and , The are factories large edifices are located of brick on the five b o anks r six of stories the rivers in hei and ght . canals The ,
buildings of each corporation are , enclosed , in separate yards , which are kep lots t as neat intersected as possible bhard ; these gravelled are covered avenues with and neatl kept y sh clean aven
h grass by the frequen p overseers , t sweep are ing often . Borders y seen . of With flowers in each , cultiva yard , ted are and also tended the
< repair naces ) _£ y a uniform . shop The s rooms for temperature , wood are , iron lofty , and , , and well are lea ventilated heated ther work by , and s . team The kep or mill t as hot s free are air from kep fur- t
the boxed is dust kep window as , t to clean is guard possible are by against cons " , a while tant joy acciden for all sweep the ever ing ts machinery , ' which to and the scrubbin rarel operatives tha y t occur can g . be . . Pot , The is Each p carefull lants entries room in y
and pride stairs in keep are ing faultlessl her machines y clean neat , and . These each g are irl takes lessons an that especial may
not abilities Nothing be lost of the when can scientific give the one girls mind a become more than exal housekeepers to ted throug opinion h . the of the workshops extent and and
sta mills te of thi throug s city h , the from various the foundry , departmen , where go ts where we find the iron different in its roug kinds h
ma of machinery thematical , up pass in their to several see this stages curious , until comp and leted wonderful with a ;
wheel mechanism that revolves in accuracy motion with ; to a observe fifteen hundred its action horse , from power the immense through
, wheels the comp of lica clock ted -work movements fineness , even and to precision the turning . One of is cy confused linders and and artment to
lost in wonder and admiration as one goes from one dep calic examining another o-printin of the the g ingenious works cotton ,, and throug and woollen h perfec the mills t carpe results , in t the and of clo the rug th mechanical -bleaching factories . and and In
manufac the ift turing of intelli works in to this matter city , we The feel power as if -looms man had in the impar carpet ted
ggence . Ther weaving e are > acfc twent very or much more as colours if they to , be knew woven wha in t and they each were coloured doing .
y , yarn The shuttles or thread containing in its proper the time and s or p threads lace , to form are arranged the pattern one .
above the other on each side yarn , and when a particular colour is wanted , the shuttle containing it will rise or fall to the level of
threads the web are , dar carried t iii and backwards fly across and . forwards With surprising with the exact velocit require y the
ments of the figures to be formed . No hand touches them ; and
if the thread breaks , runs out or any disarrangement occurs , the
Iiow:Eiiii Anb It3 Operatives. 335;
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1863, page 335, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071863/page/47/
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