| Books - 1837 - 654 pages
...them, is surprisingly good. The foremen are mostly foreigners — Frenchmen, Italians, and Maltese. The director of the establishment and naval architect...proficiency which he has attained — from one penny farthiny to teven pence. Such as are on the lowest rate of pay receive, however, an allowance of food... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1837 - 722 pages
...chiefly natives of the country ; the foremen are mostly foreigners — Frenchmen, Italians, and Maltese ; the director of the establishment and naval architect (Cerisy Bey) is a native of France. The Dockyard contains four permanent slips for building vessels of the largest class, their dimensions... | |
| Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1841 - 504 pages
...them, is surprisingly good. The foremen are mostly foreigners — Frenchmen, Italians, and Maltese. The director of the establishment and naval architect...pay of a foreman is about two shillings and three ]>ence per diem -, that of a workman varies according to the degree of proficiency which he has attained—... | |
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