{"product_id":"on-the-economy-of-machinery-and-manufactures-paperback-9781108009102","title":"On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108009102","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOn the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA landmark analysis of manufacturing practices, first published in 1832, that promoted mechanisation and efficient 'division of labour'.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles Babbage (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108009102, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 March 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this famous book, first published in 1832, Charles Babbage (1791–1871), the mathematician, philosopher, engineer and inventor who originated the concept of a programmable computer, surveys manufacturing practices and discusses the political, moral and economic factors affecting them. The book met with hostility from the publishing industry on account of Babbage's analysis of the manufacture and sale of books. Babbage describes the many different printing processes of the time, analyses the costs of book production and explains the publication process, before discussing the 'too large' profit margins of booksellers. Babbage succeeded in his aim 'to avoid all technical terms, and to describe in concise language', making this an eminently readable historical account. His analysis and promotion of mechanisation and efficient 'division of labour' (still known as the 'Babbage principle') continue to resonate strongly for modern industrial engineering.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Sources of the advantages arriving from machinery and manufactures\u003cbr\u003e 2. Accumulating power\u003cbr\u003e 3. Regulating power\u003cbr\u003e 4. Increase and diminution of velocity\u003cbr\u003e 5. Extending time of action of forces\u003cbr\u003e 6. Saving time in natural operations\u003cbr\u003e 7. Exerting forces too great for human power\u003cbr\u003e 8. Registering operations\u003cbr\u003e 9. Economy of materials employed\u003cbr\u003e 10. Of the identity of the work when it is of the same kind\u003cbr\u003e 11. Of copying\u003cbr\u003e 12. On the method of observing manufactories\u003cbr\u003e 13. On the difference between making and manufacturing\u003cbr\u003e 14. On the influence of verification upon price\u003cbr\u003e 15. On the influence of durability on price\u003cbr\u003e 16. On price, as measured by money\u003cbr\u003e 17. Of raw materials\u003cbr\u003e 18. Of the division of labour\u003cbr\u003e 19. On the division of mental labour\u003cbr\u003e 20. On the separate cost of each process in a manufacture\u003cbr\u003e 21. On the causes and consequences of large factories\u003cbr\u003e 22. On the position of great factories\u003cbr\u003e 23. On over-manufacturing\u003cbr\u003e 24. Inquiries previous to commencing any manufactory\u003cbr\u003e 25. On contriving machinery\u003cbr\u003e 26. Proper circumstances for the application of machinery\u003cbr\u003e 27. On the duration of machinery\u003cbr\u003e 28. On combination amongst masters or workmen against each other\u003cbr\u003e 29. On combinations of masters against the public\u003cbr\u003e 30. On the effect of taxes\u003cbr\u003e 31. On the exportation of machinery\u003cbr\u003e 32. On the future prospects of manufactures, as connected with science.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Publishing industry \u0026amp; book trade [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Publishing industry \u0026amp; book trade\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Publishing%20industry%20\u0026amp;%20book%20trade%20%5BKNTP%5D%22\"\u003eKNTP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265921765656,"sku":"9781108009102","price":29.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108009102i_8309cf2e-eff7-4604-b123-f7eda746111c.jpg?v=1694867449","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/on-the-economy-of-machinery-and-manufactures-paperback-9781108009102","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}