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On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures

by Charles Babbage

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Section I — Introduction
  3. 3Chapter 1 — Sources of the Advantages Arising From Machinery and Ma…
  4. 4Chapter 2 — Accumulating Power
  5. 5Chapter 3 — Regulating Power
  6. 6Chapter 4 — Increase and Diminution of Velocity
  7. 7Chapter 5 — Extending the Time of Action of Forces
  8. 8Chapter 6 — Saving Time in Natural Operations
  9. 9Chapter 7 — Exerting Forces Too Great for Human Power, and Executin…
  10. 10Chapter 8 — Registering Operations
  11. 11Chapter 9 — Economy of the Materials Employed
  12. 12Chapter 10 — Of the Identity of the Work When It Is of the Same Kin…
  13. 13Chapter 11 — Of Copying
  14. 14Chapter 12 — On the Method of Observing Manufactories
  15. 15Section II — Chapter 13 — Distinction Between Making and Manufacturing
  16. 16Chapter 14 — Of Money as a Medium of Exchange
  17. 17Chapter 15 — On the Influence of Verification on Price
  18. 18Chapter 16 — On the Influence of Durability on Price
  19. 19Chapter 17 — Of Price as Measured by Money
  20. 20Chapter 18 — Of Raw Materials
  21. 21Chapter 19 — On the Division of Labour
  22. 22Chapter 20 — On the Division of Labour
  23. 23Chapter 21 — On the Cost of Each Separate Process in a Manufacture
  24. 24Chapter 22 — On the Causes and Consequences of Large Factories
  25. 25Chapter 23 — On the Position of Large Factories
  26. 26Chapter 24 — On Over Manufacturing
  27. 27Chapter 25 — Enquiries Previous to Commencing Any Manufactory
  28. 28Chapter 26 — On a New System of Manufacturing
  29. 29Chapter 27 — On Contriving Machinery
  30. 30Chapter 28 — Proper Circumstances for the Application of Machinery
  31. 31Chapter 29 — On the Duration of Machinery
  32. 32Chapter 30 — On Combinations Amongst Masters or Workmen Against Eac…
  33. 33Chapter 31 — On Combinations of Masters Against the Public
  34. 34Chapter 32 — On the Effect of Machinery in Reducing the Demand for…
  35. 35Chapter 33 — On the Effect of Taxes and of Legal Restrictions Upon…
  36. 36Chapter 34 — On the Exportation of Machinery
  37. 37Chapter 35 — On the Future Prospects of Manufactures, as Connected…

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