 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1828 - 590 Seiten
...But the : steam-boats put them to flight at once. ' The substitution of machinery for manual labour, occasioned a vast diminution in the number of men...rapidly from one large port to another, making no halt but to receive or discharge merchandize, at intermediate places. The commanders of steam-boats are... | |
 | James Hall - 1828 - 404 Seiten
...introduction of steam-boats at once effected a revolution. The substitution of machinery for manual labour, occasioned a vast diminution in the number of men...rapidly from one large port to another, making no halt but to receive or discharge merchandise, at intermediate places. The commanders of steam-boats are... | |
 | James Hall - 1834 - 276 Seiten
...and a number of these boats frequently sailed in company. The arrival of such a squadron at a small town, was the certain forerunner of a riot. The boatmen,...rapidly from one large port to another, making no halt, but to receive or discharge merchandise at intermediate places. The commanders of steamboats, are men... | |
 | James Hall - 1835 - 288 Seiten
...introduction of steamboats at once effected a revolution. The substitution of machinery for manual labour, occasioned a vast diminution in the number of men...rapidly from one large port to another, making no halt, but to receive or discharge merchandise at intermediate places. The commanders of steamboats are men... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1829 - 618 Seiten
...manual labour, occasioned a vast diminution in the number of men required for the river navigation. Л steam-boat, with the same crew as a barge, will carry...infested the whole country, by stopping frequently, and ofU'ii spending their nights on shore ; while the steam-boats pass rapidly from one large port to another,... | |
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... their ascendancy over the despots of the river, when the introduction of steam-boats at once effected a revolution. The substitution of machinery for manual labour, occasioned a vast diminution in the number of men required for the river navigation.... 