The Economy of Machinery and Manufactures

Author: Charles Babbage
Cambridge University Press :1832

1. The Advantages Arising from Machinery
2. Increasing Power
3. Regulating Power
4. Velocity
5. Stamina
6. Saving Time in Natural Operations
7. Exceeding Human Capabilities
8. Measurement
9. Efficient Use of Materials
10. Standardization of Products
11. Copying
12. Observing Factories
13. Making vs. Manufacturing
14. Money as a Medium of Exchange
15. The Influence of Verification on Price
16. The Influence of Durability on Price
17. Price as Measured by Money
18. Of Raw Materials
19. The Specialization of Labor
20. The Division of Labor
21. The Cost of Manufacturing Processes
22. 22:The Causes and Consequences of Large Factories
23. The Location of Large Factories
24. Over-Manufacturing
25. Inquiries Prior to Manufacturing
26. A New System of Manufacturing
27. Contriving Machinery
28. Proper Application of Machinery
29. The Duration of Machinery
30. Collaboration and Obstruction
31. The Conspiracy of Producers
32. Machinery Reduces the Demand for Labor
33. Taxes and Legal Restrictions on Manufacturing
34. The Exportation of Machinery
35. The Future Prospects of Manufacturing