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Definition of Factories
1. factory [n] - See also: factory
Lexicographical Neighbors of Factories
Literary usage of Factories
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The »ni w"4««- following table shows the number of woollen factories in England
and Wales, the number of spindles and of power looms in use, and the number ..."
2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1851)
"Saddle-tree makers Sail makers Saleratus factories Sand-paper factories ...
Shirt and stock makers Silver and gold workers Soap and candle factories ..."
3. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor by New York (State). Dept. of Labor (1902)
"For example, an individual firm or corporation may own and operate 20 branch
factories in 20 different towns; each of these branches is counted here as a ..."
4. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1876)
"Mr. THOMAS said it was probably because he had gained experience since the last
session of the Association. POSTPONING THE OPENING OK factories. ..."
5. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1907)
"1901. creameries and 14 cheese factories in Me. utilizing produce of 30000 cows.
... BUTTER factories 1878-1886. Establishment of first butter factory in ..."
6. Women and the Trades, Pittsburgh, 1907-1908 by Elizabeth Beardsley Butler (1909)
"CHAPTER VI THE GARMENT TRADES factories GARMENT making, among all the industries
which have left the home and ranged themselves in the factories, ..."
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