Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... seen such an operator handle the modified machine with satisfactory results. We have found that slight modification of other machines permits assigning their operating and controlling parts to the remaining limbs of the workers, and thus makes possible their successful handling by injured operators. Any kind of an adjustment or adaptation may be not only useful in its particular field, but may also form a missing link in an invention in an entirely different field. We will gladly take all data sent us and make them immediately useful to those working on the training of the injured soldiers in all countries. We have found it most efficient to think of all activity in terms of motions and decisions. Through more than thirty years of work in motion study we have facilities that make it possible to analyse all data into terms of motion economy, and thus to make them useful with the least waste in transmission or handling time. This work of helping the crippled soldiers by teaching them to make the most of their motion possibilities should be the special contribution of the engineer in the field of social betterment. The opportunities for such work to-day are espedally large because of the great war, but the methods that we now advise and use because of the great pressure will be available at all times. Through the reclamation service, if we may so call it, that we are using for the war cripples to-day, we are introducing a method that will never become unavailable or unnecessary. We beg every member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to co-operate in this work, with us and with our friends abroad, who are waiting to pass on the data to those who need it so sorely. It is a work that is both timely and permanent. The need is...
