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How It Is Made: Describing in Simple Language How Various Machines and Many Articles in Common Use Are Manufactured From the Raw Materials
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IN a primitive society every person of sufficient age is primarily a worker with his or her hands. As a nation develops, not only do head work and hand work become more and more distinct, but occupations of all kinds tend to run in narrower grooves. Competition now forces us to pay great respect to the proverb, Let the shoemaker stick to his last and it has come about that the majority of even well-educated people in industrial countries are largely ignorant of the processes by which articles in common use are manufactured. It must be admitted, nevertheless, that this ignorance results from circumstances rather than from choice; for in any exhibition where something is being made visitors cluster round to watch the creation even of an article which may'not be at all interesting in itself. The visitors' book of any large factory that Opens its doors to the public, and is within easy reach of large centres of popula tion, reveals the same desire for information.
IN a primitive society every person of sufficient age is primarily a worker with his or her hands. As a nation develops, not only do head work and hand work become more and more distinct, but occupations of all kinds tend to run in narrower grooves. Competition now forces us to pay great respect to the proverb, Let the shoemaker stick to his last and it has come about that the majority of even well-educated people in industrial countries are largely ignorant of the processes by which articles in common use are manufactured. It must be admitted, nevertheless, that this ignorance results from circumstances rather than from choice; for in any exhibition where something is being made visitors cluster round to watch the creation even of an article which may'not be at all interesting in itself. The visitors' book of any large factory that Opens its doors to the public, and is within easy reach of large centres of popula tion, reveals the same desire for information.
478 pages, Paperback
Published August 24, 2018
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Archibald Williams
161 books2 followersArchibald Williams (1871–1934) was English technical journalist and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
He was living at 82 Mattock Lane , Ealing , London and was a well-known author of boys' books ', including the popular "How it Works" series. The net vaue of his estate was £4686, gross, £ 4743 net. He died in Ealing.
Note: Williams was born in the Faringdon district that spans the boundaries of the counties of Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire in the September (fourth) quarter of 1871 and died in Ealing in the September (fourth) quarter of 1934. As no exact date of birth and death is known, the first date of the fourth quarter is used to complete the field in both cases.
He was living at 82 Mattock Lane , Ealing , London and was a well-known author of boys' books ', including the popular "How it Works" series. The net vaue of his estate was £4686, gross, £ 4743 net. He died in Ealing.
Note: Williams was born in the Faringdon district that spans the boundaries of the counties of Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire in the September (fourth) quarter of 1871 and died in Ealing in the September (fourth) quarter of 1934. As no exact date of birth and death is known, the first date of the fourth quarter is used to complete the field in both cases.
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