Fatigue study : $b the elimination of humanity's greatest unnecessary waste. A first step in motion studyGilbreth, Lillian Moller
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Fatigue study : $b the elimination of humanity's greatest unnecessary waste. A first step in motion study
Gilbreth, Lillian Moller
Fatigue; Industrial efficiency; Motion study
The parent fatigue museum is in Providence, Rhode Island, and was
started by us some years ago with five devices,--three chairs and two
devices for conveying material. It has grown very slowly, and even now
comprises but a dozen devices and a few score of photographs. It is
open every day of the year, free for inspection by visitors. Most of
the devices submitted and exhibited have not been patented. The Fatigue
Museum patents no devices, has no commercial interest at all in the
devices exhibited, but it accepts fatigue eliminating exhibits of any
kind from inventors or managers, and posts, along with the exhibit and
the description of its special features, the name of the inventor and
his address; this, that any one interested may get in touch with the
maker of any devices already in existence. Realizing that few find it
possible to visit the museum, we have taken photographs of the various
exhibits, and are glad to send these with descriptions to any who are
interested, and who write to ask for them.
We find that the interest in the museum grows. Branch museums are
springing up in different parts of the country. Every man at the second
session of our Summer School of Measured Functional Management, which
consisted of professors of psychology, engineering, and economics,
volunteered to open a branch at his college. We are glad to have others
who are interested, no matter what their field of activity, start
branches also. All that is necessary to open a branch is to collect
photographs, drawings, or actual examples of fatigue eliminating
devices. Some of the college fatigue museums have consisted, until
now, simply of such collections, though one college in particular
has appropriated one hundred dollars, and is providing space for the
exhibition of working models.
The parent museum is called Museum of Devices for Eliminating
Unnecessary Fatigue, Number One, and the branch museums are numbered
chronologically. There is no reason why such museums should not be
started in every factory, as well as in every college, and we are
delighted to co-operate with any one who desires to start such a museum.
What the Fatigue Museum Contains.
The fatigue museum contains, at the present time, types of chairs,
types of devices which hold working material in a convenient position,
several assembly devices, several transportation devices, a work apron,
and various drawings and photographs. It emphasizes, particularly, the
chairs, as we feel that these are needed immediately and pressingly in
all industries. A detailed description of the chairs will, perhaps,
prove of most interest.
What the Museum Does Not Contain.
The museum contains, as yet, few exhibits, though we are expecting more
in the near future. We are constantly impressed with the fact that it
contains so few exhibits; this, in spite of the fact that we have sent
out appeals since 1913, that have reached large numbers of people.
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