...is committed to a different man. As, according to Smith, in the trifling trade of pin-making, " one draws out the wire, another straights it, a third...fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head :" as in the whole process there are about eighteen distinct operations performed by as many distinct...

...which the greater part are likewise peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, another straightens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds...receiving the head ; to make the head requires two other distinct operations, to put it on is a peculiar business, to whiten the pins is another ; it...

...is committed to a different man. As, according to Smith, in the trifling trade of pin-making, " one draws out the wire, another straights it, a third...fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head ;" as in the whole process there are about eighteen distinct operations performed by as many distinct...

...straightens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, and a fifth grinds it at the top for .vceiving the head ; to make the head requires two or three...peculiar business; to whiten the pins is another; it if even a trade by itielf to put them into the paper. I have seen a small manufactory where ten men...

...which the greater part are likewise peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, another straightens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds...to put it on is a peculiar business, to whiten the pin is another ; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the papers ; and the important business...

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...but it is divided into a number of branches, of which the greater part are likewise peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, another straights it,...to put it on is a peculiar business, to whiten the pin is another ; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper ; and the important business...

...but it is divided into a number of branches, of which the greater part are likewise peculiar trades. One man draws out the wire, another straights it,...a peculiar business, to whiten the pins is another ; r it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper ; and the important business of making...

...unskilled and easy labor, there is an excellent illustration in Adam Smith's description of pin-making: " One man draws out the wire, another straights it,...to put it on is a peculiar business; to whiten the pin is another; it is even a trade by itself to put them into a paper; and the important business of...