A set of 11 volumes which contains all the known works of Charles Babbage, who has been described as the "pioneer of the computer". His mathematical, scientific and engineering work is highly significant for its original approach to problem-solving and is reset for today's reader.
Volume
8. The economy of machinery and manufactures Introduction,
Prefaces- first, second, third, fourth, SECTION I INTRODUCTION Statement of
the object and plan of the work CHAPTER I Sources of the advantages arising
from machinery and manufactures CHAPTER II Accumulating power CHAPTER III
Regulating power CHAPTER IV Increase and diminution of velocity CHAPTER V
Extending the time of action of forces CHAPTER VI Saving time in natural
operations CHAPTER VII Exerting forces too great for human power, and
executing operations too delicate for human touch CHAPTER VIII Registering
operations CHAPTER IX Economy of materials employed CHAPTER X Of the identity
of the work when it is of the same kind, and of its accuracy when of
different kinds CHAPTER XII On the method of observing manufactories SECTION
II ON THE DOMESTIC AND POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MANUFACTURES CHAPTER XIII On the
difference between making and manufacturing CHAPTER XIV Of money as a medium
of exchange CHAPTER XV On the influence of verification on price CHAPTER XVI
On the influence of durability on price CHAPTER XVII On price, as measured by
money CHAPTER XVIII Of raw materials CHAPTER XIX On the division of labour
CHAPTER XX On the division of mental labour CHAPTER XXI On the cost of each
separate process in a manufacture CHAPTER XXII On the causes and consequences
of large factories CHAPTER XXIII On the position of large factories CHAPTER
XXIV On over-manufacturing CHAPTER XXV Enquiries previous to commencing any
manufactory CHAPTER XXVI On a new system of manufacturing CHAPTER XXVII On
contriving machinery CHAPTER XXVIII Proper circumstances for the application
of machinery CHAPTER XXIX On the duration of machinery CHAPTER XXX On
combinations amongst masters or workmen against each other CHAPTER XXXI On
combinations of masters against the public CHAPTER XXXII On the effect of
machinery in reducing the demand for labour CHAPTER XXXIII On the effect of
taxes and of legal restrictions upon manufactures CHAPTER XXXIV On the
exportation of machinery CHAPTER XXXV On the future prospects of
manufactures, as connected with science
Charles Babbage, Martin Campbell-Kelly
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