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    And by 1850‚ England had become an economic titan. Its goal was to supply two-thirds of the | |globe with cotton spun‚ dyed‚ and woven in the industrial centers of northern England. England proudly proclaimed itself to be the

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    The textile industry was the very first industry to be advanced. Before the revolution‚ cloth was typically woven at home‚ which would take long hours a day to do. With the creation of these new inventions‚ cloth was made much faster which led to a boost in merchants’ profits. Industrial Revolution Research explains the textile industry during the industrial revolution‚ “The demand for cloth continued to rise‚ so merchants had to be in competition with others for their supplies to make it. This caused

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    Children were useful as laborers because their size allowed them to move in small spaces in factories or mines where adults couldn’t fit. For example‚ in textile factories‚ children were employed as ‘scavengers’ where they would collect loose pieces of cotton from under mahcines while the machines were running or as ‘piecers’ where they had to reapair broken thresads on spinning machines while the machines were still running. This was extremely dangerous and risky. Meanwhile‚ in coalmines‚ children were

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    persuade her audience. It is evident when Kelley’s words convey a sense of infuriation because of her word choice‚ “Tonight while we sleep‚ several thousand little girls will be working in textile mills‚ all the night through‚ in deafening noise where the spindles and the looms spinning and weaving cotton and wool‚ silks and ribbons for us to buy” (Kelley). This emphasizes Kelley’s infuriation and her feeling of sympathy towards children in the workfork force and the long hours that these children

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    so you doing take all the nutrients out of the soil Better breeding 4 crop rotation (yield increases) *All produces better quality and more food --> which makes cheaper food --> more people use it first factories Spinning jenny Water frame Cotton mill Steam engine: energy was in shortage so the steam engine became a necessary source for energy Seed drill Better plows Railroads: carries coal from the mines to the factories Reduced the cost and uncertainty of shipping freight over land Changed

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    Lowell Mills

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    The Lowell textile mills The Lowell textile mills were a new transition in American history that explored working and labor conditions in the new industrial factories in American. To describe the Lowell Textile mills it requires a look back in history to study‚ discover and gain knowledge of the industrial labor and factory systems of industrial America. These mass production mills looked pretty promising at their beginning but after years of being in business showed multiple problems and setbacks

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    Child Labour In The 1800s

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    instance of Martha Appleton in 1859 highlights the ghastly working conditions a huge number of children all over Britain persevered through consistently in the nineteenth century. As a 13-year-old material laborer ‚Martha was employed to grab free cotton from underneath hardware. On one specific day‚ Martha blacked out and got her cleared out hand in an unguarded machine. In the mishap‚ all her fingers were disjoined. Martha lost her occupation since she was no longer able to work

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    dangerous very dangerous in the coal mines‚ many children developed lung cancer and other diseases and died before the age of 25‚ while others died from gas explosions. Some children were employed as "scavengers" by cotton mills‚ their jobs would be to climb under machinery to pick up cotton‚ some died from being crushed under the machines‚ and some lost hands or even limbs. After reports of these atrocities became widespread politicians and the government tried to limit child labor by law‚ but factory

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    children ten to fifteen years of age who were gainfully employed. Although the official figure of 1.75 million significantly understates the true number‚ it indicates that at least 18 percent of these children were employed in 1900. In southern cotton mills‚ 25 percent of the employees were below the age of fifteen‚ with half of these children below age twelve” (History). Businesses forced children to work excessive hours in dangerous factory conditions with minimal payment. At an attempt to combat

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    Ball mill Grinding

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    TITLE: Ball mill grinding. INTRODUCTION Indeed the ball milling means‚ the reduction of particles to smaller sizes with the help of a ball mill. It can be done in two ways. They are‚\ Dry milling Wet milling Generally‚ this has porcelain or steel ball as the grinding media. Commiution is occurred by several methods in the ball mill grinding. They are compression‚ impact and shear between the moving grinding media and the particles. The rate of this depends on some factors. These

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