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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… with a deep cut thread so that they hold fast. Screw making was a difficult job and far more complex than making NAILS. Although wood screws was introduced into FURNITURE making in the late seventeenth century, their use was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the river Nene; about half the population is employed in making shoes. The Peterborough railway, and the road from …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… least 1879. 18 In 1885 the mill was occupied by the cloth-making firm of Ellis & Apperly 19 but clothproduction ceased … recorded from 1879, 32 and wood-turning and tent-peg making, recorded c. 1940. 33 A large timber firm founded by …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… bought a farm of 219 a. in or just before 1802, 80 making a total of 368 a. after inclosure. 81 John Egerton, … Revd. Prof. D. B. Crouch, Hull Univ., who is thanked for making them available. Liber de Bernewelle, 259; Bk. of Fees, …
The Environs of London
… slate is used for covering roofs and fronts of houses; for making pendant frames for hay-ricks and stacks of corn; and …