Harvard Business School Baker Library Historical Collections

The Human Factor

Introducing the Industrial Life Photograph Collection at the Baker Library

• Introduction
• The Exhibition
  • The Request
  • The Response
  • The Collection
  • The Medium
  • The Message
  • The Product
  • The Production
    • Chapter Introduction
    • Chapter Images
  • The Worker
  • The Audience
• Bibliography

Bearing engineer and his three dimensional graph

Given the data on speed, tolerance, type of finish and heat conditions, this industrial doctor of science can point with precision to the specific lubricant which will give best possible service. Hitherto considered dry and abstract to the layman, such work saves years of hit and miss testing in the driving of many cars to arrive at satisfactory solutions.

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