Notes and Queries, Number 60, December 21, 1850
Notes and Queries, Number 60, December 21, 1850

Notes and Queries, Number 60, December 21, 1850

Notes and Queries, Number 60, December 21, 1850 - A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists,...
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Notes and Queries, Number 60, December 21, 1850

Notes and Queries, Number 60, December 21, 1850

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Notes and Queries, Number 60, December 21, 1850

Notes and Queries, Number 60, December 21, 1850

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Notes and Queries, Number 60, December 21, 1850 - A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

Every one confesses, I believe, the correctness of the principle called "Division of labour." But if any one would form an adequate estimate of the ratio of the effect produced, in this way, to the labour which is expended, let him consult Dr. Adam Smith. I think he states, as an example, that a single labourer cannot make more than ten pins in a day; but if eight labourers are employed, and each of them performs one of the eight separate processes requisite to the formation of a pin, there will not merely be eight times the number of pins formed in a day, but nearly eighty times the number. (Not having the book by me, I cannot be certain of the exact statistics.) If this principle is proved, then, to be of such extraordinary utility, why should it not be made serviceable in other matters besides the "beaver-like" propensity of amassing wealth and satisfying our material desires? Why should not your periodical be instrumental in transferring this invaluable principle to the labours of the intellectual world? If your correspondents were to send you abstracts or prcis of the books which they read, would there not accrue a fourfold benefit? viz.: ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 24803
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Editor: Bell, George, 1814-1890

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