FACTORY ACTS , the name given generally to a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of acts constituting one of the most important chapters in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of See also:

• ENGLISH

English labour legislation (see LABOUR LEGISLATION); the See also:

• TERM

term " factory " itself being See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short for manufactory, a See also:

• BUILDING

building or collection of buildings in which men or See also:

• WOMEN

women are employed in See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry .