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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1898. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Chapter III. 5aving of labour. VERY man wants more than he has got, and while his Benefits of desires are unlimited his' powers of obtaining what he savinglabur. wants are limited by three things; first by time. The day only contains 24 hours; man only lives a certain number of years, in the first of which he is too young to work, in the last of which he is too old to work. Secondly, by his physical weakness the strongest man can only work a certain number of hoars a day, and he can only lift a certain weight. And thirdly, by his stupidity the most learned man can only know a very small fraction of knowledge, the cleverest man can only do a few things. So when we speak of saving of labour we mean three things--doing things quicker, doing things with less exertion, and doing things better. Saving labour enriches an individual in several ways. It enables him to do more Machinery, work in a given time, say it is necessary for him to dig up land, and that using a stick he can dig up a fang of land an hour and by nsing a spade a fang of land in half an hour. Supposing he can work 10 hours a day, evidently he will gain by using a spade instead of a stick, as by doing so he can either dig up 20 fang in the day instead of only 10 fang; or, if he only wants to dig np 10 fang in a day, he need only work for five iustead of 10 hours a day to do it; and in the other five hours he can do other work, or study, or go and see a neighbour, and perhaps learn from him ways of improving his crop. If he finds that getting a buffalo to pull a plough to plough the land is easier than digging the ground up with a spade, he will get a buffalo to plough the land and will grow richer by the amount of labour he saves. Ia the West it is found, in some cases, labour is saved by using a steam...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781150379680
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 74
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150379685
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 150 gr


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