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Machinery and Modern Industry.
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made during the half century after the first introduction of the factory system, when the working day was without limits.[1]
SECTION IV.—THE FACTORY.
At the commencement of this chapter we considered that may call the body of the factory, i.e., machinery organised into a system. We there saw how machinery, by
- ↑ The following few figures indicate the increase in the "factories" of the United Kingdom since 1848:
Quantity Exported, 1848. Quantity Exported, 1851. Quantity Exported, 1860. Quantity Exported, 1865. Cotton. Cotton yarn lbs. 135,881,162 lbs. 143,965,106 lbs. 197,343,655 lbs. 103,761,455 Sewing thread lbs. lbs. 4,392,176 lbs. 6,297,554 lbs. 4,648,611 Cotton cloth yds. 1,091,373,930 yds. 1,543,161,789 yds. 2,776,218,427 yds. 2,015,237,851 Flax & Hemp. Yarn lbs. 11,722,182 lbs. 18,841,326 lbs. 31,210,612 lbs. 36,777,384 Cloth yds. 88,901,519 yds. 129,108,758 yds. 143,996,773 yds. 247,012,529 Silk. Yarn lbs. 466,825 lbs. 462,513 lbs. 897,402 lbs. 812,689 Cloth yds. yds. 1,181,455 yds. 1,307,293 yds. 2,869,837 Silk. Woollen and
Worsted yarnslbs. lbs. 14,670,880 lbs. 27,533,968 lbs. 31,669,267 Cloth yds. yds. 241,120,973 yds. 190,381,637 yds. 278,837,438 Value Exported, 1848. Value Exported, 1851. Value Exported, 1860. Value Exported, 1865. Cotton. £ £ £ £ Yarn 5,927,831 6,634,026 9,870,875 10,851,04 Cloth 16,753,369 23,454,810 42,141,505 46,903,796 Flax & Hemp. Yarn 493,449 951,426 1,801,272 2,505,497 Cloth 2,802,789 4,107,396 4,804,803 9,155,318 Silk. Yarn 195,380 918,342 768,067 Cloth 77,789 1,130,398 1,587,303 1,409,221 Wool. Yarn 776,975 1,484,544 3,843,450 5,424,017 Cloth 5,733,828 8,377,183 12,156,998 20,102,259
