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COULOMB, C-A. Résultat (Resultat) de Plusieurs Expériences (Experiences) Destinées (Destinees) a Déterminer (Determiner) la Quantité (Quantite) D'action Que Les Hommes Peuvent Fournir Par Leur Travail Journalier, Suivant Les Différentes (Differentes) Manières (Manieres) Dont Ils Emploient Leurs Forces.
Paris:, Baudouin, Imprimeur De L'Institut National,, 1799.. Paperback. A Very Good+ Extract in Ribbon Bound Wrappers from Mem. Inst. Nat. Sci. Art. V. 2 1799/1800 Pp. 380-428, Mild Soil and Foxing Covers and Edges. Sm. 4to. Very Good+, Another subject of much interest to Coulomb was the question of efficiency and output in work, and in this field (ergonomics) he made one of the most significant contributions before the studies of F. W. Taylor, a century later. Coulomb began this work in Martinique and read the first of several memoirs on the subject to the Academy in 1778. It was finally published in 1799 as this paper. Earlier studies tested men or animals only for very brief periods, thus obtaining exaggerated results of productivity. Coulomb investigated various work parameters very realistically and with considerable psychological insight; and he distinguished between useful work and fatigue in work from living "machines," solving to make the ratio of effect to fatigue a maximum. In this he produced the first real study of the practical aspects of labor allocation. Among his findings were that frequent rest periods during certain tasks produce higher overall output, and that maximum daily human work results from seven to eight hours' labor for heavy tasks and ten hours for light tasks. (DSB, Vol. 3, p. 442)..
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