The Human Machine And Industrial Efficiency Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The Human Machine and Industrial Efficiency Most of the substance of this little book constituted the two Cutter Lectures on Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, which were given at the Harvard Medical School, April 25 and 26, 1918, under the title "Industrial Efficiency and the War." Many of the facts here presented relate to war industries, but they are none the less pertinent as illustrating the principles enunciated; and even if interest in the facts dies out, the principles, it is hoped, will survive and receive attention long after the war has ended. I believe fully that any activity in which the human body plays so large a part as it does in industry must be organized on a physiological basis before the highest degree of efficiency can be secured. In the field of human activity here discussed a science of industrial physiology must come into being, a science of the human machine in industry, and this must be developed largely within industrial establishments themselves. They constitute the laboratories in which much of the observation and experiment of the future must be made. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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A history of modern architecture as a discursive practice.