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List of Prices of various Articles in 1818, 1824, 1828, 1830, § 201. Another List, for 1812, 1832, § 202. Advice about such Lists, 203. Causes of Alteration of Money Price, 204. Table of Elements of Alteration, 205. Price of Plate Glass in London, Paris, and Berlin. Price of large Plates, 206. Comparative Calculation, 207. Middle-men, 208. Middle-men of Italy, 209.

Nature of Raw Material, § 210. Gold and Silver Leaf, 211. Venetian Gold Chains, 212. Watch-spring, 213. Tables of Price of Raw Material and Labour in various Manufacture of France, 214. Price of Bar-iron in various Countries, 215. Price of Lead, 216.

Causes of its Advantages, § 217. Time required for learning an Art, 218. Waste of Materials in learning, 219. Time lost in changing Occupation; change of Tools, 220, 221. Skill acquired by frequent Repetition of the same Process. Nail-making; Signing Bank Notes, 222, 223. Contrivance of Tools, 224. New Principle of the Advantage of the Division of Labour, 225, 226. Pin-making, English, 228—235. Table of Cost of making English Pins, 236. Ditto French Pins, 237, 238. American Pin-making Machine, 239. Examination of its Merits, 240