 | Frédéric Bastiat - Economics - 1860 - 382 pages
...celebrated Economist ; " First, to the increase of dexterity in every particular workman ; secondly, to the saving of time, which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another ; thirdly, to this, that men are much more likely to discover easier and readier methods of attaining... | |
 | Frédéric Bastiat - Economics - 1860 - 580 pages
...celebrated Economist ; " First, to the increase of dexterity in every particular workman ; secondly, to the saving of time, which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another ; thirdly, to this, that men are much more likely to discover easier and readier methods of attaining... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - Economics - 1864 - 106 pages
...reduced by Adam Smith to three. "First, the increase of dexterity in every particular workman ; secondly, the saving of time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another; and lastly, the invention of a great number of machines which facilitate and abridge labour, and enable... | |
 | Arthur Latham Perry - Business & Economics - 1866 - 482 pages
...corporeal and intellectual, acquired by the repetition of one simple operation. 2. The saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another, and in the change of place, position, and tools. 3. The invention of a great number of machines which... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Economics - 1870 - 586 pages
...accountant sums up a column of figures with a quickness that resembles intuition. 2. The saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another, and in the change of place, position, and tools. Thus, says Smith, " a country weaver who cultivates... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1870 - 512 pages
...accountant sums up a column of figures with a quickness that resembles intuition. 2. The saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another, and in the change of place, position, and tools. Thus, says Smith, " a country weaver who cultivates... | |
 | John Ramsay M'Culloch - Interest - 1870 - 376 pages
...divided, under the following heads :—I. The increase of the skill and dexterity of each workman ; II. The saving of time, which is commonly lost in passing from one employment to another ; and, III. The circumstance of the division of employments having a tendency... | |
 | Robert Henry A. Bradley - 1871 - 96 pages
...efficiency for these three reasons : 2 — 1. The increase of dexterity in every particular workman. 2. The saving of time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another. 3. The invention of a great number of machines which facilitate and abridge labour, and enable one... | |
 | James William Gilbart - 1871 - 678 pages
...circumstances : first, to the increase of dexterity in every particular workman ; secondly, to tho saving of time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another ; and lastly, to the invention of a great number of machines which facilitate and abridge labour, and... | |
 | Virginia - 1872 - 750 pages
...Adam Smith. "First, the increase of dexterity in every particular workman; second, the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another; and lastly, the invention of a great number of machines which facilitate and abridge labor, and enable... | |
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This great increase of the quantity of work, which, in consequence of the division of labour, the same number of people are capable of performing, is owing to three different circumstances; first, to the increase of dexterity in every particular workman;... 
