On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures
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On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures is an 1832 treatise by Charles Babbage that analyzes industrial production, the division of labor, and the impact of machinery on economic efficiency and society.
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Target entity: On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures Context triple: [Charles Babbage, authorOf, On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures]
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Report on Manufactures
The Report on Manufactures is Alexander Hamilton’s influential 1791 proposal advocating federal support for American industry and a diversified national economy.
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Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts
Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts is an influential early 19th-century work by polymath Thomas Young that systematically presents his experimental and theoretical contributions to physics, particularly in optics and mechanics.
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C.
Elements of Political Economy
Elements of Political Economy is a 19th-century treatise by James Mill that systematically presents and defends classical economic theory in a concise, didactic form.
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Book IV: Of the Influence of the Progress of Society on Production and Distribution
Book IV: Of the Influence of the Progress of Society on Production and Distribution is a major section of John Stuart Mill’s "Principles of Political Economy" that analyzes how advancing social and economic development affects the ways wealth is produced and shared.
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Industrialism and Industrial Man
"Industrialism and Industrial Man" is a seminal sociological study co-authored by Clark Kerr that analyzes how industrialization transforms work, organizations, and social structures in modern societies.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures Target entity description: On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures is an 1832 treatise by Charles Babbage that analyzes industrial production, the division of labor, and the impact of machinery on economic efficiency and society.
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A.
Report on Manufactures
The Report on Manufactures is Alexander Hamilton’s influential 1791 proposal advocating federal support for American industry and a diversified national economy.
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B.
Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts
Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts is an influential early 19th-century work by polymath Thomas Young that systematically presents his experimental and theoretical contributions to physics, particularly in optics and mechanics.
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C.
Elements of Political Economy
Elements of Political Economy is a 19th-century treatise by James Mill that systematically presents and defends classical economic theory in a concise, didactic form.
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D.
Book IV: Of the Influence of the Progress of Society on Production and Distribution
Book IV: Of the Influence of the Progress of Society on Production and Distribution is a major section of John Stuart Mill’s "Principles of Political Economy" that analyzes how advancing social and economic development affects the ways wealth is produced and shared.
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E.
Industrialism and Industrial Man
"Industrialism and Industrial Man" is a seminal sociological study co-authored by Clark Kerr that analyzes how industrialization transforms work, organizations, and social structures in modern societies.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| author | Charles Babbage ⓘ |
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Charles Babbage
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Charles Babbage was a mathematician
Charles Babbage was an economist ⓘ Charles Babbage ⓘ
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Charles Babbage was an engineer
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| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| discusses |
classification of machinery
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costs of production ⓘ division of labor in factories ⓘ economies of scale ⓘ factory discipline ⓘ impact of inventions on society ⓘ impact of technology on employment ⓘ outsourcing and subcontracting ⓘ role of government in industry ⓘ time and motion in production ⓘ use of machinery to reduce labor costs ⓘ waste reduction in manufacturing ⓘ |
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economic literature
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political economy ⓘ |
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On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures
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Book I: On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures
On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Book II: On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures as Connected with the Wealth of Nations
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| influenced |
economic thought on industrialization
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industrial engineering ⓘ management science ⓘ operations research ⓘ |
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Industrial Revolution
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classical economics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
automation
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cost accounting ⓘ division of labor ⓘ economic efficiency ⓘ industrial organization ⓘ industrial production ⓘ labor economics ⓘ machinery ⓘ management of factories ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ mechanization ⓘ productivity ⓘ standardization ⓘ technology and society ⓘ |
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anticipation of modern operations management
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early analysis of industrial production ⓘ quantitative approach to manufacturing costs ⓘ systematic study of division of labor ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1832 ⓘ |
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