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" ... to the right or to the left, according as its eye is on the right or the left hand. This is the usual process, and in it every needle passes individually under the finger of the operator. A small alteration expedites the process considerably ; the... "
The Panorama of Science, Or Guide to Knowledge - Page 123
by George Grant - 1852
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The Results of Machinery, Namely, Cheap Production and Increased Employment ...

Charles Knight, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Labor - 1831 - 240 pages
...women and children. The needles arc placed sidewise in a heap, on a table, in front of each operator. From five to ten are rolled towards this person by...forefinger of its right hand a small cloth cap or finger stall, and rolling from the heap from six to twelve needles, it keeps them down by the fore...
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A Treatise on the Progressive Improvement and Present State of the ..., Volume 2

John Holland - Ironwork - 1833 - 390 pages
...: this separates them a very small space from each other, and each in its turn is pushed lengthways to the right or to the left, according as its eye...considerably : the child puts on the fore-finger of its right-hand a small cloth cap or finger-stall, and rolling from the heap from six to twelve needles,...
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The Results of Machinery: Namely, Cheap Production and Increased Employment ...

Charles Knight - Labor - 1831 - 324 pages
...this separates them <* very small space from each other, and each in its turn is pushed lengthways to the right or to the left, according as its eye...expedites the process considerably ; the child puts on the fore finger of its right hand a small cloth cap or finger stall, and rolling from the heap from six...
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On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures

Charles Babbage - Factory system - 1832 - 352 pages
...arranged by the process above described. From five to ten are rolled towards this person by the forefinger of the left hand ; this separates them a very small...or finger-stall, and rolling out of the heap from six to twelve needles, he keeps them down by the forefinger of the left hand, whilst he presses the...
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Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the ...

Meteorology - 1832 - 890 pages
...its turn, is pushed lengthwise to the right or to the left, according as its eye is on the right or left hand. This is the usual process, and in it every...expedites the process considerably; the child puts on the fore finger of its right hand, a small cloth cap or finger-sta\l, and rolling out of the heap from...
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The Schoolmaster, and Edinburgh Weekly Magazine, Volumes 1-2

Scottish periodicals - 1832 - 952 pages
...its turn is pushed lengthways to the right or to the left hand, according as its eye is on the rich t or the left hand. This is the usual process, and in...every needle passes individually under the finger of 'he operator. Л small alteration expedites the process < omiderably ; the child puts on the fore-finger...
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Mechanics' Magazine, and Journal of the Mechanics' Institute, Volume 1

Industrial arts - 1833 - 426 pages
...this person by the fore-finger of the left hand ; this separates them a very small space from eaeh other, and each in its turn is pushed lengthwise to...or finger-stall, and rolling out of the heap from six to twelve needles, he keeps them down by the fore-finger of the left hand, whilst he presses the...
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On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures

Charles Babbage - Industrial arts - 1835 - 450 pages
...its turn is pushed lengthwise to the right or to the left, according to the direction of the point. This is the usual process, and in it every needle...or finger-stall, and rolling out of the heap from six to twelve needles, he keeps them down by the forefinger of the left hand, whilst he presses the...
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The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopędia: Comprehending ..., Volume 2

Luke Hebert - Industrial arts - 1835 - 938 pages
...acquired by practice. The needles are placed sideways in a heap, on a table in front of the operator. The child puts on the forefinger of its right hand a small cloth cap, or fingerstall, and rolling from the heap from six to twelve needles, it keeps them down by the forefinger of the left hand, whilst...
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A Treatise on the Progressive Improvement & Present State of the ...

John Holland - Ironwork - 1853 - 438 pages
...: this separates them a very small space from each other, and each in its turn is pushed lengthways to the right or to the left, according as its eye...every needle passes individually under the finger of DD 2 the operator. A small alteration expedites the process considerably : the child puts on the fore-finger...
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