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- English
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On The Economy Of Machinery And Manufactures
About this book
Charles Babbage is considered by many the father of computing, building the first programmable computer, his difference engine. This is a fascinating and readable account of how this genius saw that machinery could help improve the economy.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Dedication
- 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