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It used to take two or three years to train a hand worker on his job; anyone can run the Pitter with two or three hours training.

From Time Magazine Archive

It operates from ten to twelve times as fast as the hand worker.

From Time Magazine Archive

The brain worker who talks to the hand worker in a special jargon the latter can not understand has built an iron wall between the worker's mind and his mind.

From The Iron Puddler My life in the rolling mills and what came of it by Davis, James J. (James John)

For instance, while we know that skill and experience is invaluable, we make our mistake by underrating its value, or too often we limit its application to the hand worker.

From Industrial Progress and Human Economics by Hartness, James

The hand worker with his old tools was more and more at a disadvantage compared with the workman who produced commodities by machinery.

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey