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REPORTS ON THE STATE OP SCIENCE. — 1915. 



Table VII. — Cotton Output. 

 Barlow & Jones (Manchester), Aug. & Sept. 1914. 

 Processes loJiere human element enters most into Output. 



Hours of Day. 



6-7 

 7-8 



8.30-9.30 



9.30-10.30 



10.30-11.30 



11.30-12.30 



1.30-2.30 

 2.30-3.30 

 3.30-4.30 

 4.30-5.30 



3 Men, 6 looms each. 

 3 days each. 

 Weaving. 



No. of Picks 



per Loom. 



4-96 



5.55 



4-82 

 5-50 

 5-25 



5-67 



505 

 500 

 5-59 

 5-45 



2 Scutchers. 

 4 days each. 

 Blowing. 



No. of Laps 

 per Scutcher. 



4-5 



4-62 



4-06 

 4-25 

 4-44 

 3-94 



3-81 

 3-94 

 3-75 

 400 



Two Slobbing Frames for four days. 

 Average time spent per day per set. 



Sets (in order of time) 1st. 2nd. 3rd. 



Minutes spent on set. 114 113 120J 



4th. 

 126 



Table VIII.^Output. 

 U.S.A. Federal Reports on 

 Iron and Steel Industry, (b) Women and Child Wage-Earners, (c) 



Output of 



Notes. 



(a) ' The speed of these machines depends entirely upon the operator, since for 

 each piece formed he must actuate a treadle.' (Automatic Register.) 



(b) 62nd Congress, 1st Session, Doc. 110, Vol. IV. (Index B6). 



(c) 61st Congress, 2nd Session, Doc. 645, Vol. XI. p. 99 (Index B5). 

 {d) ' Changes ' and repairs in tho apparatus. 



