Factory and industrial management . zur Erzeugung von Trinkwasserund Lokomotiv-Speisewasser. By LudwigBothas. Size, 9 by 6 in.; pp., 53. , M. 2. Berlin: Julius Springer. J The Pollution of New York Harbor. ByGeorge A. Soper. Reprinted from theJournal of the Association of EngineeringSocieties, June, 1906. Size, 9 by 6 in.; pp.,2,2,. Ills. New York: George A. Soper, A Treatise on the Principles and Prac-tice of Harbour Engineering, By BryssonCunningham. Size, 9 by 6 in.; pp., xii, Price, $5. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippin-cott Company; London : Charles Griffin &Company. British


Factory and industrial management . zur Erzeugung von Trinkwasserund Lokomotiv-Speisewasser. By LudwigBothas. Size, 9 by 6 in.; pp., 53. , M. 2. Berlin: Julius Springer. J The Pollution of New York Harbor. ByGeorge A. Soper. Reprinted from theJournal of the Association of EngineeringSocieties, June, 1906. Size, 9 by 6 in.; pp.,2,2,. Ills. New York: George A. Soper, A Treatise on the Principles and Prac-tice of Harbour Engineering, By BryssonCunningham. Size, 9 by 6 in.; pp., xii, Price, $5. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippin-cott Company; London : Charles Griffin &Company. British Standard Specifications for Cop-per Alloy Bars for Use in Automatic Ma-chines. Published by the EngineeringStandards Committee, Size, 13 by 8 in.;pp., 13. Ills. Price 2/6. London: CrosbyLockwood & Son. Experimental Work Conducted in theChemical Laboratory of the United StatesFuel Testing Plant at St, Louis, Mo., , 1905, to July 31, 1906. Size, 9 by 6 in.;pp., 49. Washington, D. C.: United StatesGeological Survey. 660 I. I^ZINE Vol. XXXV. AUGUST, 1908. No. 5. EFFICIENCY AS A BASIS FOR OPERATION AND WAGES. By Harrington NATIONAL EFFICIENCIES; THEIR TENDENCIES AND INFLUENCE. Mr. Emersons series began last month with a review of typical iiicfficiencies and theirjignificance. In thi. part now presented he sketches most graphically the peculiar qualitieswhich have caused the greatness of the leading industrial nations—Great Britain, Germany,France, Japan, an-, the Liniltd States—using i ast and present thus revealed as a basisfor the deduction «ii very \aluablo suggestions for the future. Next months paper will takeup the Strength and Weakness of Moc^ern Orgariiz;ition, and the following part will beginan examination of the averages attained in standard practice.—The Editors. INEFFICIENCY is a form of waste, of loss; it lurks everywhere—in processes, in materials, in individuals and in nations. There ishowever a difference in kind between the two forms


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