...could, by those who had never seen them, be supposed capable of acquiring. (2) saving of time, Secondly, the advantage which is gained by saving the time commonly...different place, and with quite different tools. A country weaver,3 who cultivates a small farm, must lose a good deal of time in passing from his loom to the...

...rate, is the implication of his second proposition to the effect that the division of labour saves the time commonly lost in passing from one sort of work to another. By contrast, where there is no division of labour. the habit of sauntering and of indolent careless...

...the human hand could, by those who had never seen them, be supposed capable of acquiring. Secondly, the advantage which is gained by saving the time commonly...work to another is much greater than we should at 37 first view be apt to imagine it. It is impossible to pass very quickly from one kind of work to...

...Nature."42 Again, the contrast with Adam Smith is significant. According to The Wealth of Nations, "It is impossible to pass very quickly from one kind...different place, and with quite different tools. ... A man commonly saunters a little in turning his hand from one sort of employment to another. When he...

...time which is commonly lost " " in passing from one sort of work to another." " It is," he observes, " impossible to pass very quickly from one kind of work...different place, and with quite different tools"; and even "when the two trades can be carried on in the same work-house," the loss of time, though "no...

...dexterity of the workman. [. . . [ Secondly, the advantage which is gained hy saving the time commonlv lost in passing from one sort of work to another, is much greater than we should at first view he apt to imagine it. It is impossihle to pass very quickly from one kind of work to another, that...

...the human hand could, by those who had never seen them, be supposed capable of acquiring. ' Secondly, the advantage which is gained by saving the time commonly...another, that is carried on in a different place and quite different tools. A country weaver who cultivates a small farm, must lose a deal of time in passing...

...the human hand could, by those who had never seen them, be supposed capable of acquiring. Secondly, the advantage which is gained by saving the time commonly...is impossible to pass very quickly from one kind of T?ork to another that is carried on in a different place, and with quite different tools. A country...

...workman, and therefore increases the quantity of work which he can perform in a given time ; second/;/, the advantage which is gained by saving the time commonly lost in passing from one*sort of employment to another, is effected by a judicious division ot employments ; third/if, the...