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factory system

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A large majority of the world's goods is now produced in factories such as this one.

The basis of manufacturing in the modern world. In the factory system workers are employed at a place where they carry out specific tasks, which together result in a product. This is called the division of labour. Usually these workers will perform their tasks with the aid of machinery. Such mechanization is another feature of the factory system, which leads to mass production.



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With the introduction of machinery and the factory system in the latter part of the eighteenth century, the great mass of the working people was separated from the land.
I cannot believe that our factory system is the best mode by which men may get clothing.
 
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