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On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures (Paperback)
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On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries
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In this famous book, first published in 1832, Charles Babbage (1791
1871), the mathematician, philosopher, engineer and inventor who
originated the concept of a programmable computer, surveys
manufacturing practices and discusses the political, moral and
economic factors affecting them. The book met with hostility from
the publishing industry on account of Babbage's analysis of the
manufacture and sale of books. Babbage describes the many different
printing processes of the time, analyses the costs of book
production and explains the publication process, before discussing
the 'too large' profit margins of booksellers. Babbage succeeded in
his aim 'to avoid all technical terms, and to describe in concise
language', making this an eminently readable historical account.
His analysis and promotion of mechanisation and efficient 'division
of labour' (still known as the 'Babbage principle') continue to
resonate strongly for modern industrial engineering.
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