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... woollen manu- facture , though the oldest in the kingdom , is now second in import- ance to the cotton , of which upwards of 10 millions of cwt . are annu- ally imported , in the form of cotton wool , then wrought up into a vast variety ...
... woollen manu- facture , though the oldest in the kingdom , is now second in import- ance to the cotton , of which upwards of 10 millions of cwt . are annu- ally imported , in the form of cotton wool , then wrought up into a vast variety ...
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... woollen , and linen goods , metallic goods , machinery , coals , and apparel . Speaking generally , one - third of our exports and imports together is carried on with our own possessions abroad . From India we get rice , cotton , silk ...
... woollen , and linen goods , metallic goods , machinery , coals , and apparel . Speaking generally , one - third of our exports and imports together is carried on with our own possessions abroad . From India we get rice , cotton , silk ...
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... woollen fabrics are unrivalled throughout the world : cotton , flax , and silk mills are also very nume- rous . The North Riding is principally oolitic , and is chiefly famous as a grazing country . The East Riding is , for the most ...
... woollen fabrics are unrivalled throughout the world : cotton , flax , and silk mills are also very nume- rous . The North Riding is principally oolitic , and is chiefly famous as a grazing country . The East Riding is , for the most ...
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... woollen trade , for which the West Riding is so celebrated . Leeds alone has 106 woollen mills . Bradford has colleges for Baptists , Independents , and Wesleyans , and is the principal seat of the worsted- yarn manufacture ...
... woollen trade , for which the West Riding is so celebrated . Leeds alone has 106 woollen mills . Bradford has colleges for Baptists , Independents , and Wesleyans , and is the principal seat of the worsted- yarn manufacture ...
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... woollen stuffs . Camborne , Redruth , and Mara- zion , with valuable copper - mines . St Ives and St Agnes , famous for their unrivalled tin mines . Penzance , Truro , and Launceston , are called the " Stannery towns , " being those to ...
... woollen stuffs . Camborne , Redruth , and Mara- zion , with valuable copper - mines . St Ives and St Agnes , famous for their unrivalled tin mines . Penzance , Truro , and Launceston , are called the " Stannery towns , " being those to ...
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