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Why did some industrialists in nineteenth-century Europe prefer hand labour over machines?
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Some industrialists in nineteenth-century Europe preferred hand labour over machines because:
- The machines were very expensive and they were cautious to use it.
- The machines often broke down and the cost of repairing them was huge.
- The machines were not as effective as claimed by their inventors and manufacturers.
- Cheap labour was available in plenty. Merchants preferred to use labour as it was economical for them.
- Machine-produced products could not match the quality of hand made products.
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