Capital and Steam Power

by John Lord

London, 1923

Contents

Preface

I. INTRODUCTION

1. The Records of Boulton & Watt
2. The Origins of Capital
3. Early English Trade and Industry
4. The Seventeenth Century
5. Beginning of the Eighteenth Century
6. The Early History of Capitalism in England

   II. GENERAL STATE OF INDUSTRY, 1700 - 1750

   1. Introductory
   2. Coal-Mines and Iron-Works
   3. Tin-Mines
   4. Hardware
   5. Pottry
   6. Salt Manufacture

      III. CAPITAL AND LABOUR, 1700- 1750

      1. Population : The Growth of the proletariat
      2. The Economic Position of Labour
      3. Capital, 1700 - 1750 : The Growth of Wealth
      4. The Employment of Capital
      5. Banking, 1750

         IV. THE INVENTION OF THE STEAM-ENGINE

         1. Watt's Early Inventions
         2. Roebuck

            V. WATT'S PARTNERSHIP WITH BOULTON

            1. Boulton : The Hardware Manufacturer
            2. The Significance of the Partnership
            3. History of the Partnership
            4. Early Development and Capitalization of the Firm

               VI. CAPITALIZATION OF THE FIRM OF BOULTON & WATT

               VII. CAPITAL IN OTHER INDUSTRIES

               1. Introductory
               2. Potteries and Wedgewood

                  VIII. THE PENETRATION OF INDUSTRY BY STEAM-POWER

                  IX. CAPITAL IN 1800

                  1. Amount
                  2. Steam-Power and Capital
                  3. The Capitalist Class

                     X. LABOUR IN 1800

                     XI. INDUSTRY AND FOREIGN TRADE

                     XII. CONCLUSION

                     APPENDIX

                     BIBLIOGRAPHY

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