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(b) On the results of combining several movements in one operation 

 much light is thrown by the articles of Max "Weber, translated for this 

 Committee by Mr. 0. K. Ogden, of Magdalene College, Cambridge 

 (Index D8). ' Complex operations,' like the stamping of tin sheets into 

 boxes or the filling of such boxes by a machine whose movements are 

 regulated at the will of the operative, are of extreme frequency in 

 women's industries to-day and involve in all cases: (1) the feeding of 

 the machine or generally the placing of the materials in position; 

 (2) the moving of a handle or pedal ; (3) the taking out of the finished 

 article, all of which movements — often engaging different limbs — have 

 to be timed in succession. 



It should also be noted that a large proportion of the work in con- 

 nexion with iron and steel making involves complexity of action. 

 Thus all the ' Cranemen,' * Hoistmen,' ' Operators,' cited on the pre- 

 ceding tables, have as their work the pulling of various foot-levers and 

 handles which are to move the cranes, hoists, and charging machines 

 exactly at the right moment and exactly to the right place; and, indeed, 

 where, as is now particularly the case, machinery is being introduced 

 extensively to transport the material about the factory — generally hung 

 from cars on overhead runners — there the work of the ' carmen ' will 

 much increase the proportion of complex work performed in industry as 

 a whole. 



The importance of this question is shown by Weber, who quotes 



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