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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… are employed in these works, of whom nearly sixty are mechanics and labourers engaged in keeping the machinery in … by a company of shareholders, and there is also one for mechanics. Fairs are held in the early part of March, for …
Old and New London
… around us. Evidently the majority present are respectable mechanics or small tradesmen, with their wives and daughters …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… instituted in 1769, possesses nearly 5000 volumes; a mechanics' library was opened in 1824, and there are several …
Langford Parish: Langford
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
A History of the County of Chester
… 8 A minor educational initiative was to acquire the Mechanics' Institution library and museum in 1875-6; 9 …
A History of the County of Chester
… competition from elsewhere, but engineers, machine makers, mechanics, and iron manufacturers leapt in numbers. In 1850 …