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of the breaking, have been thrown back In 

 a furprifmg manner, and their hands 

 ftruck off by fhivers of the ftone. The 

 mechanifm of thefe grinding wheels is very 

 curious ; many grindftones are turned by a 

 of wheels which all receive the : mo-> 

 tion from one water-wheel, in g in 



velocity from the hrft movement to the 

 laft ; in the finifhing keels it is fo great, 

 thai 1 = :t cannot perceive the leaft mo- 

 tion. In the other branches of the cutlery, 

 workmen earn from il 6 d. and is. to 

 lor. 6 d. a day: The firft are common 

 wages, and the laft eafily earned by the 

 polifhers of the razors. Surprifing wages 

 for any manual performances ! All the 

 hands in thefe branches have conftant em- 

 ployment. 



Here is likewife a filk mill, a copy from 

 the famous one at Derby, which employs 

 152 hands, chiefly women and children ; 

 the women earn 5 or 6 s. a week by the 

 pound; girls at firft are paid but n. or 

 1 s. : d. a week, but rife gradually higher, 

 till they arrive at the fame wages as the 

 women. It would be prcpofterous to 

 attempt a defcription of this immenfe mc- 

 chanifm ; but it is highly worthy of obfer- 

 vation, that all the motions of this compli- 

 cated fvftcm are fet at work by one water- 

 wheel, which communicates motion to 

 others, and they to many different ones, 



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