On The Economy Of Machinery And Manufactures
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On The Economy Of Machinery And Manufactures

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

On The Economy Of Machinery And Manufactures

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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

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Preface
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction. Statement of the Object and Plan of the Work.
  7. Chapter I. Sources of the Advantages Arising from Machinery and Manufactures
  8. Chapter II. Accumulating Power
  9. Chapter III. Regulating Power
  10. Chapter IV. Increase and Diminution of Velocity
  11. Chapter V. Extending Time of Action of Forces
  12. Chapter VI. Saving Time in Natural Operations
  13. Chapter VII. Exerting Forces too Great for Human Power, and Executing Operations too Delicate for Human Touch
  14. Chapter VIII. Registering Operations
  15. Chapter IX. Economy of Materials Employed
  16. Chapter X. Of the Identity of the Work when it is of the Same Kind, and of its Accuracy when of Different Kinds
  17. Chapter XI. Of Copying
  18. Chapter XII. On the Method of Observing Manufactories
  19. Chapter XIII. On the Difference Between Making and Manufacturing
  20. Chapter XIV. On the Influence of Verification on Price
  21. Chapter XV. On the Influence of Durability on Price
  22. Chapter XVI. On Price, as Measured by Money
  23. Chapter XVII. Of Raw Materials
  24. Chapter XVIII. Of the Division of Labour
  25. Chapter XIX. On the Division of Mental Labour
  26. Chapter XX. On the Separate Cost of Each Process in a Manufacture
  27. Chapter XXI. On the Causes and Consequences of Large Factories
  28. Chapter XXII. On the Position of Great Factories
  29. Chapter XXIII. On Over-Manufacturing
  30. Chapter XXIV. Inquiries Previous to Commencing any Manufactory
  31. Chapter XXV. On Contriving Machinery
  32. Chapter XXVI. Proper Circumstances for the Application of Machinery
  33. Chapter XXVII. On the Duration of Machinery
  34. Chapter XXVIII. On Combination Amongst Masters or Workmen Against Each Other
  35. Chapter XXIX. On Combinations of Masters Against the Public
  36. Chapter XXX. On the Effect of Taxes and of Local Restrictions Upon Manufactures
  37. Chapter XXXI. On the Exportation of Machinery
  38. Chapter XXXII. On the Future Prospects of Manufactures, as Connected with Science