British work studies
By: Great Britain Industrial Health Research Board, Medical Research Council.
Series: Work, its rewards and discontents
Publisher: Arno Press
Published: 1977
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 607
Subjects: Work -- Physiological aspects -- Addresses, essays, lectures.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Reprint of 12 pamphlets published by H. M. Stationery Off., London, between 1922 and 1935, which were issued as no. 6, etc., of Reports of the Gt. Brit. Industrial Health Research Board.
Table of contents: title: Muscio, B. The psycho-physiological capacities required by the hand compositor. The measurement of physical strength with reference to vocational guidance.; title: Farmer, E. Physical measurements in a sweet factory.; title: Smith, M. Some studies in the laundry trade.; title: Bedale, E. M., and Vernon, H. M. The effects of posture and rest in muscular work.; title: Legros, L. A., and Weston, H. C. On the design of machinery in relation to the operator.; title: Weston, H. C., and Adams, S. The effect of eyestrain on the output of linkers in the hosiery industry.; title: Smith, M., Culpin, M., and Farmer, E. A study of telegraphists' cramp.; title: Cathcart, E. P., et al. The physique of women in industry.; title: Sowton, S. C. M., Myers, C. S., and Bedale, E. M. Two contributions to the experimental study of the menstrual cycle.; title: Wyatt, S. Incentives in repetitive work.; title: Weston, H. C., and Adams, S. The performance of weavers under varying conditions of noise.