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Mechanization in Industry
Mechanization in Industry
Harry Jerome
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Published Date
January 1934
Copyright
1934
ISBN
0-87014-026-4
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Table of Contents
Front matter, table of contents
Author(s):
Introduction to "Mechanization in Industry"
Author(s):
Chapter 1:
Summary
Author(s):
(p. 3-26)
Chapter 2:
Types of Labor-Saving Changes
Author(s):
(p. 27-54)
Chapter 3:
Changes in Mechanization in Selected Manufacturing Industries
Author(s):
(p. 55-119)
Chapter 4:
Changes in Mechanization: Non-Manufacturing Industries
Author(s):
(p. 120-178)
Chapter 5:
Changes in Mechanization: Handling of Materials
Author(s):
(p. 179-204)
Chapter 6:
Measures of Change in Mechanization
Author(s):
(p. 205-254)
Chapter 7:
Differences in Degree of Mechanization
Author(s):
(p. 255-287)
Chapter 8:
Characteristics of the Machine-Producing Industries
Author(s):
(p. 288-325)
Chapter 9:
Factors Determining the Rapidity of Mechanization
Author(s):
(p. 326-364)
Chapter 10:
The Effects of Mechanization
Author(s):
(p. 365-418)
Appendix A: Machine Sales and Other Measures of Mechanization, by Years
Author(s):
(p. 419-436)
Appendix B: Estimates of the Extent of Use in the United States of Selected Labor-Saving Devices
Author(s):
(p. 437-454)
Appendix C: Horsepower per Wage Earner in Manufacturing, Census Years 1899-1929
Author(s):
(p. 455-462)
Appendix D: Selected Bibliography, List of Tables, List of Charts
Author(s):
(p. 463-472)
Index
Author(s):
(p. 473-486)
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