On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures

by Charles Babbage

Overview

First published in 1832. According to Wikipedia: "Charles Babbage, FRS (26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871 was an English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer.[2] Considered a "father of the computer", Babbage is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer that eventually led to more complex designs.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455420902
Publisher:	B&R Samizdat Express
Publication date:	10/20/2011
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	736 KB

Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. Sources of the advantages arriving from machinery and manufactures; 2. Accumulating power; 3. Regulating power; 4. Increase and diminution of velocity; 5. Extending time of action of forces; 6. Saving time in natural operations; 7. Exerting forces too great for human power; 8. Registering operations; 9. Economy of materials employed; 10. Of the identity of the work when it is of the same kind; 11. Of copying; 12. On the method of observing manufactories; 13. On the difference between making and manufacturing; 14. On the influence of verification upon price; 15. On the influence of durability on price; 16. On price, as measured by money; 17. Of raw materials; 18. Of the division of labour; 19. On the division of mental labour; 20. On the separate cost of each process in a manufacture; 21. On the causes and consequences of large factories; 22. On the position of great factories; 23. On over-manufacturing; 24. Inquiries previous to commencing any manufactory; 25. On contriving machinery; 26. Proper circumstances for the application of machinery; 27. On the duration of machinery; 28. On combination amongst masters or workmen against each other; 29. On combinations of masters against the public; 30. On the effect of taxes; 31. On the exportation of machinery; 32. On the future prospects of manufactures, as connected with science.