The Factories Act 1847, also known as the Ten Hours Act was a United Kingdom Act of Parliament which restricted the working hours of women and young persons...

Act of 1844. The Factories Act 1847 (known as the Ten Hour Act), together with Acts in 1850 and 1853 remedying defects in the 1847 Act, met a long-standing...

in the Factories Act 1847, he retained the sobriquet. "Moved by pity and indignation at the long hours worked by young children in factories, he devoted...

during work hours. The Act also created the factory inspector and provided for routine inspections of factories to ensure factories implemented the reforms...

towards legislation limiting working hours in factories in the Factories Act 1847, and the Public Health Act 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 63). His government's...

Women and children in England were granted the ten-hour day via the Factories Act 1847. French workers won the twelve-hour day after the February Revolution...

Interpretation Act 1978. Short title assigned by section 2 of this act. "Ayrshire and Galloway (Smithstown and Dalmellington) Railway Act 1847" (PDF). legislation...

Mining Act. Carefully valving the steam of the working-class movement, Parliament reduced the working day to ten hours with the Factories Act 1847. Karl...

opposing government regulation such as the Railway Regulation Act 1844 and the Factories Act 1847. In the 19th century the editorial stance of The Economist...

Unitarian weekly paper The Inquirer. He contributed articles on the Factories Act 1847, Ireland, and education. His last work for the press was Money and...

The Factories Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 34) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. At the time of its passage, the Act consolidated much...

led to the passage of the Factory Act 1847, which restricted the working hours of women and children in British factories to effectively 10 hours per...

committees", and came to be led in the 1830s by Oastler. The Factories Act 1847 or "Ten Hours Act" was the apparent culmination of the campaign. But the split...

Nowadays, most sugar factories also act as sugar refineries. The first beet sugar factory was built in 1802. Beet sugar factories can differ in the extent...

led to the passage of the Factory Act 1847, which restricted the working hours of women and children in British factories to effectively 10 hours per...

industrial factories within cities. The Inclosure (Consolidation) Act 1801 (41 Geo. 3. (U.K.) c. 109) was passed to tidy up previous acts. The Inclosure Act 1845...

The Cotton Mills and Factories Act 1819 (59 Geo. 3. c. 66) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was its first attempt to regulate...

Scottish Railway. The L&YR was incorporated in 1847 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway Act (No. 3) 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. clxiii), being an amalgamation...

hours in factories was extended to women by an Act of 1844. 1847: The Factory Act 1847, also known as the Ten Hours Act, was a United Kingdom Act of Parliament...

separate his business from the laundry and ex-convicts. Urwins Chemical Factory operated on the site from 1913, producing industrial and domestic chemicals...

tour in the manufacturing districts of Lancashire (1842), and Factories and the Factory System (1844). Cobden and the rest of the Anti-Corn Law League...

Works' name. Typical of explosive and munitions factories (see for example the National Filling Factories of WW1) this had rows of well separated lightweight...

Annie Besant (née Wood; 1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was a British socialist, theosophist, freemason, women's rights and Home Rule activist, educationist...

companies would relocate factories to Canada. Roosevelt prevailed over the isolationists, and on November 4, he signed the Neutrality Act of 1939 into law, allowing...

Rose Scott (8 October 1847 – 20 April 1925) was an Australian women's rights activist who advocated for women's suffrage and universal suffrage in New...

the act was repealed by the Government of India Act 1915. 112 Saint Helena vested in the crown. The island of St Helena, and all forts, factories, public...

consolidation acts. Inclosure acts (various, mainly 1750 to 1860) Factory Acts (1802, 1833, 1844, 1847, 1850, 1867, 1874, 1891) Regency Acts Witchcraft Acts (various)...

Washington worked as a tenant farmer until he married Mary Caroline Clinton (1825–1847) in 1842. At the time of their marriage, his father-in-law gave the couple...

camps. The factories had poor working conditions, where malnutrition and death were common. Also, the scholarship has shown that the camp factories were created...

the ECR that built the line through to North Woolwich opening on 14 June 1847. As mentioned, the N&ER had built a line from Stratford – Broxbourne and...