Quote: there is no uniform relation between energy exerted and the tiring effect of work; may be more tired from 1/8 a horse-power than 1/2 horse-power per day

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After completing this series of experiments, therefore, each man's work for each day was translated into foot-pounds of energy, and to our surprise we found that there was no constant or uniform relation between the foot-pounds of energy which the man exerted during a day and the tiring effect of his work. On some kinds of work the man would be tired out when doing perhaps not more than one-eighth of a horse-power, while in others he would be tired to no greater extent by doing half a horse-power of work.   Google-1   Google-2

Published before 1923

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