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ON THE DIVISION OF LABOUR.
English Manufacture.
(236.) Pins, "Elevens," 5,546 weigh one pound; "one dozen" = 6,932 pins weigh twenty ounces, and require six ounces of paper.
| NAME OF THE PROCESS. | Workmen | Time for making 1 lb. of Pins. | Cost of making 1 lb. of Pins. | Workman earns per Day. | Price of making each Part of a single Pin, in Millionths of a Penny. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours. | Pence. | s. | d. | |||
| 1. Drawing Wire (§ 224.) | Man | .3636 | 1.2500 | 3 | 3 | 225 |
| 2. Straightening wire (§ 225.) | Woman | .3000 | .2840 | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Girl | .3000 | .1420 | 0 | 6 | 26 | |
| 3. Pointing (§ 226.) | Man | .3000 | 1.7750 | 5 | 3 | 319 |
| 4. Twisting and Cutting Heads (§ 227.) | Boy | .0400 | .0147 | 0 | 4½ | 3 |
| Man | .0400 | .2103 | 5 | 4½ | 38 | |
| 5. Heading (§ 228.) | Woman | 4.0000 | 5.0000 | 1 | 3 | 901 |
| 6. Tinning, or Whitening (§ 229.) | Man | .1071 | .6666 | 6 | 0 | 121 |
| Woman | .1071 | .3333 | 3 | 0 | 60 | |
| 7. Papering (§ 230.) | Woman | 2.1314 | 3.1973 | 1 | 6 | 576 |
| 7.6892 | 12.8732 | 2320 | ||||
Number of Persons employed:—Men, 4; Women, 4; Children, 2. Total, 10.
French Manufacture.
(237.) Cost of 12,000 pins, No. 6, each being eight-tenths of an English inch in length,—as they were manufactured in France about 1760; with the cost of each operation: deduced from the observations and statement of M. Perronet.
