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Title

The working-man's companion : The results of machinery, namely, cheap production and increased employment, exhibited : being an address to the working-men of the United Kingdom.

Author

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873.

Publication

London : Charles Knight, Pall-Mall East. Sold in Birmingham, by Beilby and Knott, and Drake; in Dublin, by Wakeman; in Edinburgh, by Oliver and Boyd; in Glasgow, by Atkinson and Co.; in Leeds, by Baines and Co.; in Liverpool, by Willmer; and by all booksellers, 1831.

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Additional Authors

• Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868.
• Drake, James, active 1825.
• Wakeman, W. F.
• Willmer, Edward, 1793-1869.
• Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
• Beilby and Knott. pbl
• Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh, Scotland) pbl
• Atkinson & Co. pbl
• Baines & Co. pbl

Description

[2], [5] -216 p.; 14 cm. (18mo)

Alternative Title

Results of machinery, namely, cheap production and increased employment, exhibited

Subjects

• Machinery in the workplace
• Working class > Great Britain > 19th century

Note

• At head of title: Under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
• Author's identity from Halkett & Laing.
• Sometimes erroneously attributed to Henry, Lord Brougham.
• Price: One shilling sewed; and one shilling and threepence, bound in cloth.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Call Number

Pforz (Knight, C./Working) 1831

OCLC

• 62892011
• NYPG04-B5532

Author

Knight, Charles, 1791-1873.

Title

The working-man's companion : The results of machinery, namely, cheap production and increased employment, exhibited : being an address to the working-men of the United Kingdom.

Imprint

London : Charles Knight, Pall-Mall East. Sold in Birmingham, by Beilby and Knott, and Drake; in Dublin, by Wakeman; in Edinburgh, by Oliver and Boyd; in Glasgow, by Atkinson and Co.; in Leeds, by Baines and Co.; in Liverpool, by Willmer; and by all booksellers, 1831.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Pages 7-18 misbound between p. 22 and 23.

Binding: Contemporary black straight-grained morocco, spine gilt, raised bands, maroon spine label.

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Added Author

Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868. Attributed name

Drake, James, active 1825. Publisher

Wakeman, W. F. Publisher

Willmer, Edward, 1793-1869. Publisher

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

Beilby and Knott. Publisher

Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh, Scotland) Publisher

Atkinson & Co. Publisher

Baines & Co. Publisher

Research Call Number

Pforz (Knight, C./Working) 1831