Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION: STATEMENT OF THE OBJECT AND PLAN OF THE WORK
- CHAPTER I SOURCES OF THE ADVANTAGES ARISING FROM MACHINERY AND MANUFACTURES
- CHAPTER II ACCUMULATING POWER
- CHAPTER III REGULATING POWER
- CHAPTER IV INCREASE AND DIMINUTION OF VELOCITY
- CHAPTER V EXTENDING TIME OF ACTION OF FORCES
- CHAPTER VI SAVING TIME IN NATURAL OPERATIONS
- CHAPTER VII EXERTING FORCES TOO GREAT FOR HUMAN POWER, AND EXECUTING OPERATIONS TOO DELICATE FOR HUMAN TOUCH
- CHAPTER VIII REGISTERING OPERATIONS
- CHAPTER IX ECONOMY OF MATERIALS EMPLOYED
- CHAPTER X OF THE IDENTITY OF THE WORK WHEN IT IS OF THE SAME KIND, AND OF ITS ACCURACY WHEN OF DIFFERENT KINDS
- CHAPTER XI OF COPYING
- CHAPTER XII ON THE METHOD OF OBSERVING MANUFACTORIES
- CHAPTER XIII ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAKING AND MANUFACTURING
- CHAPTER XIV ON THE INFLUENCE OF VERIFICATION ON PRICE
- CHAPTER XV ON THE INFLUENCE OF DURABILITY ON PRICE
- CHAPTER XVI ON PRICE, AS MEASURED BY MONEY
- CHAPTER XVII OF RAW MATERIALS
- CHAPTER XVIII OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR
- CHAPTER XIX ON THE DIVISION OF MENTAL LABOUR
- CHAPTER XX ON THE SEPARATE COST OF EACH PROCESS IN A MANUFACTURE
- CHAPTER XXI ON THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF LARGE FACTORIES
- CHAPTER XXII ON THE POSITION OF GREAT FACTORIES
- CHAPTER XXIII ON OVER-MANUFACTURING
- CHAPTER XXIV INQUIRIES PREVIOUS TO COMMENCING ANY MANUFACTORY
- CHAPTER XXV ON CONTRIVING MACHINERY
- CHAPTER XXVI PROPER CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THE APPLICATION OF MACHINERY
- CHAPTER XXVII ON THE DURATION OF MACHINERY
- CHAPTER XXVIII ON COMBINATION AMONGST MASTERS OR WORKMEN AGAINST EACH OTHER
- CHAPTER XXIX ON COMBINATIONS OF MASTERS AGAINST THE PUBLIC
- CHAPTER XXX ON THE EFFECT OF TAXES AND OF LOCAL RESTRICTIONS UPON MANUFACTURES
- CHAPTER XXXI ON THE EXPORTATION OF MACHINERY
- CHAPTER XXXII ON THE FUTURE PROSPECTS OF MANUFACTURES, AS CONNECTED WITH SCIENCE
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION: STATEMENT OF THE OBJECT AND PLAN OF THE WORK
- CHAPTER I SOURCES OF THE ADVANTAGES ARISING FROM MACHINERY AND MANUFACTURES
- CHAPTER II ACCUMULATING POWER
- CHAPTER III REGULATING POWER
- CHAPTER IV INCREASE AND DIMINUTION OF VELOCITY
- CHAPTER V EXTENDING TIME OF ACTION OF FORCES
- CHAPTER VI SAVING TIME IN NATURAL OPERATIONS
- CHAPTER VII EXERTING FORCES TOO GREAT FOR HUMAN POWER, AND EXECUTING OPERATIONS TOO DELICATE FOR HUMAN TOUCH
- CHAPTER VIII REGISTERING OPERATIONS
- CHAPTER IX ECONOMY OF MATERIALS EMPLOYED
- CHAPTER X OF THE IDENTITY OF THE WORK WHEN IT IS OF THE SAME KIND, AND OF ITS ACCURACY WHEN OF DIFFERENT KINDS
- CHAPTER XI OF COPYING
- CHAPTER XII ON THE METHOD OF OBSERVING MANUFACTORIES
- CHAPTER XIII ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAKING AND MANUFACTURING
- CHAPTER XIV ON THE INFLUENCE OF VERIFICATION ON PRICE
- CHAPTER XV ON THE INFLUENCE OF DURABILITY ON PRICE
- CHAPTER XVI ON PRICE, AS MEASURED BY MONEY
- CHAPTER XVII OF RAW MATERIALS
- CHAPTER XVIII OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR
- CHAPTER XIX ON THE DIVISION OF MENTAL LABOUR
- CHAPTER XX ON THE SEPARATE COST OF EACH PROCESS IN A MANUFACTURE
- CHAPTER XXI ON THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF LARGE FACTORIES
- CHAPTER XXII ON THE POSITION OF GREAT FACTORIES
- CHAPTER XXIII ON OVER-MANUFACTURING
- CHAPTER XXIV INQUIRIES PREVIOUS TO COMMENCING ANY MANUFACTORY
- CHAPTER XXV ON CONTRIVING MACHINERY
- CHAPTER XXVI PROPER CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THE APPLICATION OF MACHINERY
- CHAPTER XXVII ON THE DURATION OF MACHINERY
- CHAPTER XXVIII ON COMBINATION AMONGST MASTERS OR WORKMEN AGAINST EACH OTHER
- CHAPTER XXIX ON COMBINATIONS OF MASTERS AGAINST THE PUBLIC
- CHAPTER XXX ON THE EFFECT OF TAXES AND OF LOCAL RESTRICTIONS UPON MANUFACTURES
- CHAPTER XXXI ON THE EXPORTATION OF MACHINERY
- CHAPTER XXXII ON THE FUTURE PROSPECTS OF MANUFACTURES, AS CONNECTED WITH SCIENCE
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- On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures , pp. viii - xviPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1832