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Ergonomics

Man in His Working Environment

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  • © 1965

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  1. Hywel Murrell
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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. The Elements of Ergonomic Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Physical Basis of Man’s Perception of His Environment

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      Pages 3-15

    3. The Human Body

      1. The Human Body I. Bones., Joints and Muscles
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        Pages 16-28
      2. The Human Body II. Metabolism and Heat Regulation
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        Pages 29-35
      3. The Human Body III. Body Size. Limits of Movements and Functioning of Limbs
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        Pages 36-70
      4. The Human Body IV. The Nervous System
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        Pages 71-102
      5. Man as a System Component
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        Pages 103-124

  3. Practical Ergonomics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Design Factors

      1. Design Factors I. Layout of Equipment
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        Pages 127-142
      2. Design Factors II. Design of Seating
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        Pages 143-153
      3. Design Factors III. Design of Instrumental Displays
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        Pages 154-215
      4. Design Factors IV. Compatibility
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        Pages 216-232
      5. Design Factors V. Design Characteristics of Controls
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        Pages 233-256

    3. Environmental Factors

      1. Environmental Factors I. Environmental Temperature and Humidity
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        Pages 257-282
      2. Environmental Factors II. Noise
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        Pages 283-300
      3. Environmental Factors III. The Visual Environment
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        Pages 301-343
      4. Environmental Factors IV. Vibration
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        Pages 344-351

    4. Organizational Factors

      1. Organizational Factors I. Methods of Investigating Work
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        Pages 352-371
      2. Organizational Factors II. The Organization of Work
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        Pages 372-417
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Until quite recently conditions in industry were often rough. Long hours were worked in insanitary and murky workshops, often with little regard to the effects upon the workpeople who were considered to be expendable. Now, however, these adverse conditions have been recognized and so remedied that there remains little in industrial conditions to disturb the public conscience. This does not mean that conditions of work in office or factory are perfect. The obvious and dramatic abuses of the human frame may have gone, but in their place have arisen stresses and strains which, taking effect only in the long term, are generally undramatic and often unrecognized. They exist none the less. No organized effort to study the effect of working conditions on man's performance was made until the end of World War I, when the Industrial Fatigue Research Board was set up. For the first time, men trained in the human sciences entered industry to study men at work. They made con­ tributions which set a new standard of scientific investigation into human performance and allowed executive action on the basis of evidence rather than of hunch. The Board's work differed from the contribution of Gilbreth in America in that the principles of Motion Study which he developed were, to a large extent, based on intelligent observation rather than controlled experiment. During the 1920S the National Institute of Industrial Psychology was founded and there was close collaboration between it and the I.F.R.B.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ergonomics

  • Book Subtitle: Man in His Working Environment

  • Authors: Hywel Murrell

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5878-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: K. F. H. Murrell 1965

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-412-21990-0Published: 03 January 1980

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-5878-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 496

  • Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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