 Now it must be clearly understood that in these experiments we were not trying to find the maximum work that a man could do on a short spurt or for a few days, but that our endeavor was to learn what really constituted a full day's work for a firstclass...  The Institution Quarterly - Pagina 1991916Vizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | 1911 - 978 pagini
...be clearly understood that in these experiments we were not trying to find the maximum work that any man could do on a short spurt or for a few days, but...experiments, and who at the same time noted with a stop watch the proper time for all of the motions that were made by the men. Useless motions were eliminated,... | |
 | Frank Barkley Copley - 1923 - 534 pagini
...them.1 His purpose was to discover, not what a man could do " on a short spurt or for a few days," but " the best day's work that a man could properly do year in and year out and still thrive under." Two first-class laborers, to whom were paid double wages, were selected for these experiments, and... | |
 | John C. Wood, Michael C. Wood - 2002 - 520 pagini
...find the maximum work that a man could do on a short spurt or for a few days, but that our endeavour was to learn what really constituted a full day's...properly do, year in and year out, and still thrive under . . . What we hoped ultimately to determine was what fraction of a horse-power a man was able to exert,... | |
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