The human machine in industry / by Richard T. Dana.

  • Dana, Richard Turner, 1876-1928
Date:
1927
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: The human machine in industry / by Richard T. Dana. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A Absenteeism, causes 292, 293 294, 306 Accidents 278, 305 Adjustment of working hours, results of 153 Age distribution, Various nationalities 219 Age distribution in steel industries 219 Air, dangers of still 248 Air movement, method of cooling 65 Air, still and moving, experi- ments with 250 Alcohol, effect of 274, 277, 279, 285 On health 278 On industrial accidents 278 On mental work 280 On production 275, 278 Atmospheric conditions 54 Air motion ...56, 58 Capacity for moisture 56, 58 Pressure 54 Temperature 56 Attendance of married women 201 Attendance of women workers campared with men 200 B Benefit derived from reduced hours 153 British health report, conclusions of 211 C Calculation of ratio 33 Calories required 32 Canteen, requirements for 44, 45 Carbon-dioxide, effect on breathing 51 Carbon monoxide poisoning 268 Causes of death by occupation 256 Child labor 221 Climate, basic influence of 84 Clothing, influence of 71 Colds 292, 305 How to avoid 306 How to cure 306 308 Color blindness 16 Comfort zone 61 Comparison of man to machine 3, 305 Comparison of men and women 199 Cooling agent, limitation of air movement 68 Cooling factors 82 Cooling requirements .....48 Cooling value of weather 81 Cost of rearing child 22 D Danger of still air 248 Defective vision, cause of 260 Dexterity between sexes 23 Diet, selection of 30 Difference between human and inanimate machine 121 Digestion, disturbances of 239 Dimensions and capacity of human machine 12 Diseases, industrial 235, 272 Of alimentary system 236 Of bones 237 Of circulatory system 236 Of eye and ear 237 Of kidneys 236 Of nerves and muscles 237 Of respiratory system 236 Of skin . 236 Of tuberculosis as an 257 Diseases, industrial Decrease among males 296 Increase among males 296 Prevention and remedy 270 Treatment of 270 Duration of industrial life of women 228 E Economic hours of work 144, 177 Effective hours of work 154 Boot and shoe industry 174 Forge shops 175 Metal workers 173 Textile manufacturing 175 Tin plate 174 Employment, day labor influ- ence of age at time of 217