machine-work

My present suggestion is simply the great extension of the system, so that all public machine-work may be done by it.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 Various

The girls chatted about the lesson, and about the relative advantage of going to service, or learning dress-making and machine-work, but Kate took little part in the discussion to-day; and when they reached the corner where she must leave them, she felt glad to get away, to think out the problem she had been puzzling over all the afternoon.

Kate's Ordeal Emma Leslie

Without influence I could not hope to get another position "checking," and I had had no experience in the machine-work.

Madeleine: An Autobiography Madeleine 1919

Further, hand-drilling can often compete with machine-work in wide stopes where long columns or platforms must be used and therefore there is much delay in taking down, reërection, etc.

Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Herbert Hoover 1919

A large amount of data from various parts of the world, with skilled white men, shows machine-work to cost from half as much per ton or foot advanced as hand-work to 25\% more than handwork, depending on the situation, type of drill, etc.

Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Herbert Hoover 1919

Without influence I could not hope to get another position "checking," and I had had no experience in the machine-work.

Madeleine An Autobiography Anonymous 1919

The saving in labor of from 75 to 33\% by machine-drilling may or may not be made up by the other costs involved in machine-work.

Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Herbert Hoover 1919

In addition to the ordinary blacksmithy, which is a necessity, the modern tendency has been to elaborate the shops on mines to cover machine-work, pattern-making and foundry-work, in order that delays may be minimized by quick repairs.

Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Herbert Hoover 1919

This, no doubt, was due largely to her sane and reasonable working hours, and partly to the fact that her work did not require the intensity of watching and application demanded by rapid machine-work.

Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls Edith Wyatt 1915

These chronicles of the income and outlay of some New York factory workers have described monotony and speeding in machine-work.

Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls Edith Wyatt 1915