This great increase of the quantity of work which, in consequence of the division of labour, the same number of people are capable of performing, is owing to three different circumstances; first, to the increase of dexterity in every particular workman;... On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures - Page 169by Charles Babbage - 1835 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Bowditch, Clement Ramsland - Communism - 1961 - 210 pages
...which no country can well subsist. This great increase of the quantity of work, which, in consequence of the division of labour, the same number of people...every particular workman; secondly, to the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another; and lastly, to the... | |
| Anthony Giddens, David Held - Social Science - 1982 - 664 pages
...chapter of The Wealth of Nations: This great increase in the quantity of work, which, in consequence of the division of labour, the same number of people...every particular workman; secondly, to the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another; and lastly, to the... | |
| Joseph Talavage - Technology & Engineering - 1987 - 386 pages
...increased productivity. As he wrote: This great increase of the quantity of work, which in consequence of the division of labour, the same number of people...owing to three different circumstances; first to the increased dexterity in every particular workman; secondly, to the saving of time which is commonly... | |
| Mauro Baranzini, Roberto Scazzieri - Business & Economics - 1990 - 376 pages
...production (technological inventions): This great increase of the quantity of work, which, in consequence of the division of labour, the same number of people...every particular workman; secondly to the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another; and lastly, to the... | |
| Edmund Byrne - Business & Economics - 1992 - 358 pages
...overall process. That more and better work is possible when done in this atomistic way Smith attributes first, to the increase of dexterity in every particular workman; secondly, to the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another; and lastly, to the... | |
| Werner Stark - Business & Economics - 342 pages
...(1904: 9 [1976b: 17]) as follows: "This great increase of the quantity of work, which, in consequence of the division of labour, the same number of people...performing, is owing to three different circumstances": (1) improved dexterity; (2) saving of time; and (3) application of machinery. For this third point... | |
| John Cunningham Wood - Biography & Autobiography - 1993 - 664 pages
...subsequently by Smith, the second." "The great increase in the quantity of work, which, in consequence of the division of labour, the same number of people are capable of performing", is ascribed to three circumstances: increased dexterity, saving of time, and the invention of machines... | |
| Andrew F.G. Bourke, Nigel R. Franks - Nature - 1995 - 548 pages
...economics: This great increase of the quantity of work which, in consequence of the division of labor, the same number of people are capable of performing,...every particular workman; secondly, to the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another; and lastly, to the... | |
| Victor D. Lippit - Business & Economics - 1996 - 416 pages
...allow. (This) great increase of the quantity of work, which, in consequence of the division of labor, the same number of people are capable of performing,...every particular workman; secondly, to the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another; and lastly, to the... | |
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