10 PROGRESS OF MACHINERY IN 



hands. How different has been the progress of 

 art in the south during the same period ! At 

 the commencement of the present century, 

 power -looms, for instance, were only invented or 

 brought into general use. In 1813 the number 

 did not exceed 2,400, which were wholly en- 

 gaged in plain works. "In 1820 there were 

 estimated to be 12,150 in England, and 2,000 

 in Scotland. In 1829, 45,000 in England, and 

 10,000 in Scotland. In 1833 the estimated 

 number in England was 85,000, and in Scotland 

 15,000. At the close of the year 1835, accord- 

 ing to the returns of the Factory Inspectors, 

 the total number in use in England was 

 97,564; in Scotland 17,721; and in Ireland 

 1516: total, 116,801; of which in England 

 there were employed of 



i; 



Cotton - - 90,679 



Woollen - 5,105 



Silk - 1,714 



Flax - 41 



Mixed Goods - 25 



97,564 



