Chapters on Machinery and Labor: II. The Introduction of Automatic Bottle Machines

Abstract

Periods in the introduction of automatic bottle machines, 541. — A. The Introduction of the Owens Machine: I. The rate of introduction, 542. — The potential and actual displacement, 543. — II. Causes of delay in the supersession of the older processes, 545. — III. The machine policy of the Glass Bottle Blowers, 548. — IV. Effect of the machine on conditions of labor, 559. — B. The Introduction of Flow and Feed Devices: The rate of introduction, 564. — The policy of the union, 565. — Effect on conditions of labor, 568. — Conclusion.