| Description |
xvii, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-199) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The varieties of efficiency -- Static and dynamic efficiency: the waterwheels of Smeaton and the Franklin Institute -- The effects of control: Gerard-Joseph Christian and perfected machines -- Economy of nature: Darwin, Marshall, and the costs of efficiency -- Balance and transformation: technical and popular efficiency in the Progressive Era United States -- An island of mechanical predictability: efficient worker seating in late Weimar Germany -- Pride in efficiency: the dispute over Time on the cross -- Global efficiency: an enduring industrial value in a postindustrial world -- Conclusion: The future of efficiency -- Notes -- Bibliographic essay -- Index. |
| Subject |
Technological innovations -- History.
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Industrial efficiency.
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Science and industry.
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| ISBN |
0801886937 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780801886935 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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