 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 722 pages
...to be — 1st, an 'increase of dexterity in every particular workman ;' 2ndly, ' the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another;' and Srdly, 'the invention of a great number of machines which facilitate and abridge labour, and enable... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1880 - 486 pages
...of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another ; and lastly, to the invention of a great number of machines which...abridge labour, and enable one man to do the work of many.1 First, the improvement of the dexterity of the workman necessarily increases the quantity of... | |
 | Robert Grant Webster - Commerce - 1880 - 466 pages
...— First, to the increase of dexterity in each 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 invention of a great number of machines which facilitate and abridge labour and enable one man... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1882 - 448 pages
...workman. (2.) Saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one kind of work to another. (3.) The invention of a great number of machines, which...labour, and enable one man to do the work of many. There can be no doubt as to the increase of dexterity which arises from practice. Any one who has tried... | |
 | James Platt - Economics - 1882 - 242 pages
...cause must always reduce considerably the quantity of work which he is capable of performing. (3) To the invention of a great number of machines which...labour, and enable one man to do the work of many. As regards the saving of labour by the application of proper machinery, it is so obvious that examples... | |
 | James William Gilbart - 1882 - 510 pages
...circumstances : first, to the increase of dexterity in every particular workman ; secondly, to the saving of time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another ; and lastly, to the invention of a great number of machines which facilitate, and abridge labour, and enable one... | |
 | William Hurrell Mallock - Equality - 1882 - 292 pages
...increase of dexterity in every particular workman; secondly, to the saving of the time which is usually lost in passing from one species of work to another ; and lastly, to the inventions of a great number of machines, which facilitate and abridge labour, and enable one... | |
 | William Hurrell Mallock - Democracy - 1882 - 292 pages
...increase of dexterity in every particular workman ; secondly, to the saving of the time which is usually lost in passing from one species of work to another • and lastly, to the inventions of a great number of machines, which facilitate and abridge labour, and enable one... | |
 | James Platt - Conduct of life - 1883 - 538 pages
...cause must always reduce considerably the quantity of work which he is capable of performing. (8) To the invention of a great number of machines which...labour, and enable one man to do the work of many. As regards the saving of labour by the application of proper machinery, it is so obvious that examples... | |
 | Arthur Latham Perry - Economics - 1883 - 636 pages
...corporeal and intellectual, acquired by the repetition of one simple operation. (6) The saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another, and in the change of place, position, and tools. (c) The invention of a great number of machines which... | |
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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;... 
