Has anyone else looked at the back of the new UK 20 pound notes?
There's a portrait of Adam Smith 1723-1790 and the words
"The division of labour in pin manufacturing:
(and the great increase in quantity of work that results)"
plus a drawing of the various stages of pin manufacture in the 18th
century.
Smith was an ecconomist and wrote a book:
An Inquiry into the Nature And Causes of the Wealth of Nations
I've not yet found the source of the drawing - which is surrounded by
what looks like a lace sampler! - but
http://www.adamsmith.org/smith/won-index.htm
then click on book 1, chapter 1, Of the Division of Labour
to read about his observations of 18th century pinmaking.
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html
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