Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine,  2 (1853–54), 214–15.

Manufacture of Pins

Anon

Genre:

Introduction; Extract

Publications extracted:

Knight 1851

Subjects:

Manufactories, Invention


    Uses Charles Knight's description of the skilled workmanship involved in pin-making to prove that the pin is 'not an insignificant article' and that the phrase 'it's not worth a pin' is meaningless (214).



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