Lesson test: The factory

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The factory

1.[2p]
Under the putting-out system, who owned what?

The merchant owned the material, the worker owned the tools and the hours

Correct

The merchant owned both the material and the tools

The answer is: The merchant owned the material, the worker owned the tools and the hours

The worker owned both the material and the tools

The answer is: The merchant owned the material, the worker owned the tools and the hours

The merchant owned the tools and the worker bought his own material

The answer is: The merchant owned the material, the worker owned the tools and the hours

2.[3p]
Which of these were genuine complaints merchants made about putting out?

Select all that apply

Material issued to households was retained, substituted or returned short weight

Correct

Quality varied from household to household and faults were found too late

Correct

Work stopped for harvests, fairs and Saint Monday, so delivery dates could not be promised

Correct

It required more fixed capital than a mill

The answer is: Material issued to households was retained, substituted or returned short weight, Quality varied from household to household and faults were found too late, Work stopped for harvests, fairs and Saint Monday, so delivery dates could not be promised

3.[3p]
A manufacturer puts out £10,000 of wool a year at a gross margin of 10 per cent, and 5 per cent of the material issued is retained by the workers. What percentage of his profit does that take?

CorrectNot quite: 50

4.[1p]
What was the custom of not working on the first day of the working week called?

CorrectNot quite: Saint Monday

5.[2p]
A mill wheel develops 10 horsepower and each water frame absorbs a quarter of a horsepower. How many frames does the wheel serve?

CorrectNot quite: 40

6.[3p]
Match each account of why the factory won to what it predicts.

Technological
Disciplinary
Transaction cost

factories appear first where material is valuable and concealable
factories appear with no new machinery, and rules about attendance
factories appear with the prime mover and not before

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Technological: factories appear with the prime mover and not before Disciplinary: factories appear with no new machinery, and rules about attendance Transaction cost: factories appear first where material is valuable and concealable

7.[3p]
Why does Wedgwood's Etruria works of 1769 count against the technological account?

It gathered hundreds of workers with no central prime mover of any kind

Correct

It was built on a canal rather than on a stream

The answer is: It gathered hundreds of workers with no central prime mover of any kind

It used steam power before any cotton mill did

The answer is: It gathered hundreds of workers with no central prime mover of any kind

It employed only adult men

The answer is: It gathered hundreds of workers with no central prime mover of any kind

8.[3p]
A mill's machinery carries an annual capital charge of £750 and runs 12 hours on five days and 9 on Saturday, for 50 weeks. What does an hour of it cost, in shillings?

CorrectNot quite: 4.35

9.[2p]
Put these four in the order they happened.

John Lombe's water-powered silk throwing mill opens at Derby
The Worsted Act creates a salaried inspectorate paid for by a levy on manufacturers
Richard Arkwright opens the cotton mill at Cromford
Josiah Wedgwood opens the Etruria works

Show the answer

a, b, c, d

1.[2p] Under the putting-out system, who owned what?

2.[3p] Which of these were genuine complaints merchants made about putting out?

3.[3p] A manufacturer puts out £10,000 of wool a year at a gross margin of 10 per cent, and 5 per cent of the material issued is retained by the workers. What percentage of his profit does that take?

4.[1p] What was the custom of not working on the first day of the working week called?

5.[2p] A mill wheel develops 10 horsepower and each water frame absorbs a quarter of a horsepower. How many frames does the wheel serve?

6.[3p] Match each account of why the factory won to what it predicts.

7.[3p] Why does Wedgwood's Etruria works of 1769 count against the technological account?

8.[3p] A mill's machinery carries an annual capital charge of £750 and runs 12 hours on five days and 9 on Saturday, for 50 weeks. What does an hour of it cost, in shillings?

9.[2p] Put these four in the order they happened.

1.[2p]
Under the putting-out system, who owned what?

2.[3p]
Which of these were genuine complaints merchants made about putting out?

3.[3p]
A manufacturer puts out £10,000 of wool a year at a gross margin of 10 per cent, and 5 per cent of the material issued is retained by the workers. What percentage of his profit does that take?

4.[1p]
What was the custom of not working on the first day of the working week called?

5.[2p]
A mill wheel develops 10 horsepower and each water frame absorbs a quarter of a horsepower. How many frames does the wheel serve?

6.[3p]
Match each account of why the factory won to what it predicts.

7.[3p]
Why does Wedgwood's Etruria works of 1769 count against the technological account?

8.[3p]
A mill's machinery carries an annual capital charge of £750 and runs 12 hours on five days and 9 on Saturday, for 50 weeks. What does an hour of it cost, in shillings?

9.[2p]
Put these four in the order they happened.