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TitleA Compendious History of the Cotton-Manufacture. Page 32. Chapter IX: Invention of the Mule and Exportation of Twist.
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CreatorGuest, Richard
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DescriptionImprovements wrought by the mule reduceds price of yarn; Downside of exporting fine mule yarn: "The continental manufacture ... soon procured fine yarns from England, and, with the aid of those yarns, they were enabled to rival the English in manufactured goods ... The machinery of England, particularly ... the Mule, has thus been auxilliary to the propsperity of the foreign, and generally, hostile nations."
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Date Created1823
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Manufacturer/PublisherJoseph Pratt
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Holding OrganisationManchester Public Libraries
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Accession NumberBR Q677.1 G2
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