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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