Manufacturers
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Examples
- Capitalists and manufacturers had been rendered so conservative by the large loss of money in the Roxbury Company, that they were disinclined to have anything further to do with it. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The prohibition of the importation of foreign woollen is equally favourable to the woollen manufacturers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Those merchants and manufacturers enjoy a sort of monopoly in the country which is so indulgent to them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is used by food manufacturers and performs highly important functions in certain commercial fields. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The opposition of rival manufacturers could not in the nature of things long retard what was to become one of the nation’s main industries. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Chief among the bicycle manufacturers who took up the making of the motor-paced tandem was Oscar Hedstrom, a racer with many notable victories to his credit. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The manufacturers first supply the neighbourhood, and afterwards, as their work improves and refines, more distant markets. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But our manufacturers were not long satisfied with this reduction: by the 29th of the same king, chap. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- As something of a stranger, and as a man of note and action, the assembled manufacturers received him with a certain distinction. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Oh, but the manufacturers! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The warp was made by the cloth and linen manufacturers, and the weft yarns furnished by the woman spinsters throughout the country. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is the labour of artificers and manufacturers only of which the free circulation is obstructed by corporation laws. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But the big Manchester manufacturers refused to trade with him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Bankers, merchants, and manufacturers, whose trade depended on exports and interchange of wealth, became bankrupt. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Several of the pleasure-car manufacturers took advantage of the awakening interest and added a commercial vehicle section to their plants. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is the united testimony of manufacturers and farmers alike that the crop is increased from one-eighth to one-fourth, especially in the winter wheat. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He was only doing in his own fashion what all engineers and manufacturers are trying to do in other ways all the year round. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Manufacturers color with caramel or other coloring, but for home use this is unnecessary. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The fertilizer manufacturers mix the cyanamid with other ingredients to make a balanced plant food and so ship it to farmers for feeding their crops. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- German manufacturers are making great efforts to compete in this field, but American machines are generally regarded as the best in the world. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- We have seen both the retailers and also the wholesale manufacturers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is estimated that more than 180,000 machines of the self-binding type are now produced yearly, the manufacturers in Chicago alone turning out more than three-fourths of this number. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He hoped at first to obtain from manufacturers a gasoline engine sufficiently light and sufficiently powerful for a man-carrying machine. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This invention of Mr. Edison has been recognized by the larger cement manufacturers, and there is every prospect now that the entire trade will take licenses under his kiln patents. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is estimated that there are to-day between 150 and 155 regular manufacturers, exclusive of the mere assemblers of parts. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Then certain English manufacturers reported that the cotton that was cleaned by Whitney’s gin was not of good quality. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The salt industry is now said to have reached a very stable basis and the demand for salt in the United States is practically all supplied by American manufacturers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The earlier, less enlightened manufacturers, unable to take a broad view of their own interests, hated and opposed these schools. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is not by the sale of their work, but by that of the complete work of the weavers, that our great master manufacturers make their profits. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The greatest activity, however, is to be found in France, which claims over 600 manufacturers and has in use 6,000 automobiles out of a total of 11,000 in all of Europe. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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