Professor Dr. Karl Ballod, Fundamentals of Statistics, Berlin, 1913. ||__ Ballod
A very good summary, apparently, of statistical data, the author being, above all, interested in statistics of production (quantity of products)—cf. Atlanticus!!—
[[BOX ENDS: Ballod believes that in Germany there are two iron slaves (machines) for each worker ]]
| Steam | Water | Electricity | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cermany (1907)
8.8 mill. h.p. in industry |
(7.3 | +0.9 | +1.5) | || | (steam) machinery |
| America (U.S.A.)
16.0 mill. h.p. in industry |
(14.2 | +1.8 | +?) | ||
| Britain (*) (1907)
10.7 mill. h.p. in industry |
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| Total + locomotives 13 mill. h.p. | (1895) |
__ __ __ Britain | (*) Figures for Britain from Die Bank, 1913, p. 190—Board of Trade data. Results of the “census of production” for industry (all). Gross sale value = £ 1,765 million; cost of raw materials = £ 1.028 million; further processing = £ 25 million. Net value [1 — — (2 + 3)] = £ 712 million. Number of workers = 6,985,000. Machinery = 10,755,000 h.p. [+in agriculture, value = £ 196 million; workers, 2.8 million]. Total capital (in industry) = £ 1,500 million. __ __ __
| Million h.p. | |
|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 1/2–3 |
| Sweden + Norway | 8 (about 28 million) |
| Finland | 4–6 (p. 255) |
| Niagara | 4–5 (only one-tenth used) |
| Congo waterfalls (Africa) | 28 |
| South America (??) | 1–2 |
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