On the Economy of Machinery and ManufacturesReproduction of the original: On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures by Charles Babbage |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 16 |
Section 3 | 26 |
Section 4 | 30 |
Section 5 | 34 |
Section 6 | 63 |
Section 7 | 67 |
Section 8 | 75 |
Section 12 | 127 |
Section 13 | 131 |
Section 14 | 137 |
Section 15 | 148 |
Section 16 | 152 |
Section 17 | 167 |
Section 18 | 178 |
Section 19 | 191 |
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Common terms and phrases
additional advantage amongst amount appears applied arising attention become called capital carried cause cent charge circumstances combination Commons consequently considerable contrivance copies cost demand difficulty diminished direction effect employed engine equal establishment examine executed exist expense experiment fact factory force frequently give given greater hand head heat House hundred importance impression improvement increased instance interest iron kind labour less letters machinery machines manufacture master material means measure mechanical metal method mode nature necessary object observed operations passing perhaps period persons piece placed plates portion possessed pounds present principle printing produced profit purchase quantity receive reduced removed render result sheet shillings similar skill steel substance success supply thousand trade usually various wages weight whilst whole wire workmen