 One man draws out the wire, another straights it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head ; to make the head requires two or three distinct operations ; to put it on is a peculiar business, to whiten the...  The North American Review - Page 3831897Full view - About this book
 | Dirk Nicolas Wagner - 2001 - 204 pages
...One man draws out the wire, another straights it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grunds it at the top for receiving the head; to make the...to put it on is a peculiar business, to whiten the pins is another; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper; and the important business... | |
 | Pascal Petit - 2001 - 224 pages
...labour, Adam Smith gives the example of a pin factory. He shows that work can be more efficient when "one man draws out the wire, another straights it,...fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head...", as workers become more proficient and more productive in the respective tasks. He concludes that firms... | |
 | Dirk Nicolas Wagner - 2001 - 204 pages
...but it is divided into a number of branches, of which the greater part are likewise peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, another straights it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grunds it at the top for receiving the head; to make the head requires two or three distinct operations;... | |
 | Brian E. Travis, Mae Ozkan - 2002 - 323 pages
...pin. However, if the work is done by several different people, the process is much more efficient: One man draws out the wire; another straights it;...to put it on is a peculiar business; to whiten the pins is another; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper; and the important business... | |
 | Brian E. Travis, Mae Ozkan - 2002 - 323 pages
...pin. However, if the work is done by several different people, the process is much more efficient: One man draws out the wire; another straights it;...to put it on is a peculiar business; to whiten the pins is another; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper; and the important business... | |
 | Hartmut Esser - 2002 - 436 pages
...but it is divided into a number of branches, of which the greater part are likewise peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, another straights it ,...requires two or three distinct operations; to put in on, is a peculiar business, to whiten pins is another; it is even a trade by itself to put them... | |
 | Claudia C. Klaver - 2003 - 264 pages
...... it is divided into a number of branches, of which the greater part are likewise peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, another straights it,...to put it on, is a peculiar business, to whiten the pins is another; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper; and the important business... | |
 | Michael Lewis, Nigel Slack - 2003 - 518 pages
...but it is divided into a number of branches, of which the greater part are likewise peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, another straights it....to put it on is a peculiar business, to whiten the pins is another; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper; and the important business... | |
 | Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - 2003 - 496 pages
...which the greater part are likewise peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, another straightens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds...to put it on, is a peculiar business, to whiten the pins is anodier; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper; and the important business... | |
 | Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - 2003 - 494 pages
...which the greater part are likewise peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, another straightens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds...three distinct operations; to put it on, is a peculiar husiness, to whiten the pins is another; it is even a trade hv itself to put them into the paper; and... | |
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