Houses--The Pyramids--Mechanical power--Carpenters' tools--American machinery for building--Bricks--Slate-- Household fittings and furniture--Paper-hangings--Carpets-- Glass--Pottery--Improvements effected through the reduction or repeal of duties on domestic requirements 174 CHAPTER XV. Dwellings of the people--Oberlin--The Highlander's candlesticks--Supply of water--London waterworks-- Street-lights--Sewers 199 CHAPTER XVI. Early intercourse with foreign nations--Progress of the cotton manufacture--Hand-spinning--Arkwright--Crompton-- Power-loom--Cartwright--Especial benefits of machinery in this manufacture 213 CHAPTER XVII. The woollen manufacture--Divisions of employment--Early history--Prohibitory laws--The Jacquard loom--Middle-age legislation--Sumptuary laws--The silk manufacture-- Ribbon-weaving--The linen manufacture--Cloth-printing-- Bleaching 233 CHAPTER XVIII. Hosiery manufacture--The stocking-frame--The circular hosiery-machine--Hats--Gloves--Boots and shoes--Straw-plat-- Artificial flowers--Fans--Lace--Bobbin-net machine--Pins-- Needles--Buttons--Toys--Lucifer-matches--Envelopes 255 CHAPTER XIX. Labour-saving contrivances--The nick in Types--Tags of laces--Casting shot--Candle-dipping--Tiring a wheel-- Globe-making--Domestic aids to labour--Aids to mental labour--Effects of severe bodily labour on health and duration of life 276 CHAPTER XX. Influences of knowledge in the direction of labour and capital--Astronomy: Chronometer--Mariner's compass-- Scientific travellers--New materials of manufactures-- India-rubber--Gutta-percha--Palm-oil--Geology--Inventions that diminish risk--Science raising up new employments-- Electricity--Galvanism--Sun-light--Mental labourers-- Enlightened public sentiment 295 CHAPTER XXI. Invention of printing--Effects of that art--A daily newspaper--Provincial newspapers--News-writing of former periods--Changes in the character of newspapers--Steam conveyance--Electric telegraph--Organization of a London newspaper-office--The printing-machine--The paper-machine--Bookbinding--Paper-duty 323 CHAPTER XXII. Power of skill--Cheap production--Population and production--Partial and temporary evils--Intelligent labour--Division of labour--General knowledge--'The Lowell Offering'--Union of forces 344 CHAPTER XXIII.