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Rh {|
 * colspan=3 |
 * | Hours.
 * | Pence.
 * | Pence.
 * | Pence.
 * | 1.
 * | Wire
 * | 24.75
 * | 2.
 * | Straightening and Cutting
 * | 1.2
 * | .5
 * | 4.5
 * rowspan=5 |
 * | Coarse Pointing
 * | 1.2
 * | .625
 * | 10.0
 * | Turning Wheel
 * |1.2
 * |.875
 * |7.0
 * | 3.
 * | Fine Pointing
 * | .8
 * | .5
 * | 9.375
 * | Turning Wheel
 * | 1.2
 * | .5
 * | 4.75
 * |Cutting off pointed Ends
 * | .6
 * | .375
 * | 7.5
 * rowspan=3|
 * |Turning Spiral
 * | .5
 * | .125
 * | 3.0
 * | 4.
 * |Cutting off Heads
 * | .8
 * | .375
 * | 5.625
 * |Fuel to anneal ditto
 * | .125
 * | 5.
 * |Heading
 * | 12.0
 * | .333
 * | 4.25
 * rowspan=2 | 6.
 * rowspan=2 |
 * |Tartar for Cleaning
 * | .5
 * |Tartar for Whitening
 * | .5
 * | 7.
 * |Papering
 * | 4.8
 * | .5
 * | 2.0
 * |Paper
 * | 1.0
 * | Wear of Tools
 * | 2.0
 * | 24.3
 * | 4.708
 * }
 * | .5
 * | .125
 * | 3.0
 * | 4.
 * |Cutting off Heads
 * | .8
 * | .375
 * | 5.625
 * |Fuel to anneal ditto
 * | .125
 * | 5.
 * |Heading
 * | 12.0
 * | .333
 * | 4.25
 * rowspan=2 | 6.
 * rowspan=2 |
 * |Tartar for Cleaning
 * | .5
 * |Tartar for Whitening
 * | .5
 * | 7.
 * |Papering
 * | 4.8
 * | .5
 * | 2.0
 * |Paper
 * | 1.0
 * | Wear of Tools
 * | 2.0
 * | 24.3
 * | 4.708
 * }
 * | .5
 * |Tartar for Whitening
 * | .5
 * | 7.
 * |Papering
 * | 4.8
 * | .5
 * | 2.0
 * |Paper
 * | 1.0
 * | Wear of Tools
 * | 2.0
 * | 24.3
 * | 4.708
 * }
 * |Paper
 * | 1.0
 * | Wear of Tools
 * | 2.0
 * | 24.3
 * | 4.708
 * }
 * | 1.0
 * | Wear of Tools
 * | 2.0
 * | 24.3
 * | 4.708
 * }
 * | 2.0
 * | 24.3
 * | 4.708
 * }
 * | 24.3
 * | 4.708
 * }
 * | 24.3
 * | 4.708
 * }
 * }
 * }
 * }

(238.) It appears from the analysis we have given of the art of pin-making, that it occupies rather more than seven hours and a half of time, for ten different individuals working in succession on the same material, to convert it into a pound of pins; and that the