Carl Georg Barth was born in Christiania, Norway (now Oslo).[2] He was the fourth child of Jakob Boeckman Barth (1822-1892), a lawyer and Adelaide Magdeline Lange Barth (1828- 1897), daughter of a Danish clergyman. Agnar Johannes Barth was his brother. He received his early education in the public schools at Lillehammer.
Carl G. Barth... discovered the law governing the tiring effect of heavy labor... such work consists of a heavy pull or a push on the man's arms... For example, when pig iron is being handled (each pig weighing 92 pounds), a first-class workman can only be under load 43 per cent. of the day... if the workman is handling a half-pig weighing 46 pounds, he can then be under load 58 per cent. of the day... As the weight grows lighter... a load is reached which he can carry in his hands all day long without being tired out.[5]
Barth started in 1905 on his independent career as consulting engineer. Barth became an early consultant on scientific management and later taught at Harvard University.[2] Barth edited articles submitted to International Correspondence School of Scranton, Pennsylvania publication, the Home Study Magazine. In 1909, he undertook the installation of scientific management in the Watertown Arsenal at Watertown, Massachusetts.[8]
In March 1882, Barth married Henrike Jakobine Fredriksen (1857–1916). They were the parents of a daughter and two sons.[2] After his first wife's death, he married Sophia Eugenia Roever (1873–1958).[2]
Later years
In his later years, Barth worked on developing an improved method of instruction for calculus. However, poor health prevented him from publishing his work.[2] He died of a heart attack at his home in Philadelphia in 1939.[1][2]
Selected publications
Barth, Carl G. "Report on Fixing of Rates for Loading Pig Iron by Half Pigs on Buggies in the Yards." South Bethlehem, Pa (1900): 82-84.
Carl Barth. Slide Rules for the Machine Shop as a Part of the Taylor System of Management. ASME, 1903.
Barth, C. G. "The Transmission of Power by Leather Belting." Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 31 (1909).
Barth, Carl G. "Testimony of Carl G. Barth." Hearings of the US Commissions on Industrial Relations, 64th Congress, 1st. 1914.
Barth, Carl G. "Standardization of Machine Tools." Transactions, ASME Vol 38, 1916: 895-922.
Barth, Carl G. Labor turnover: A mathematical discussion. Carl G. Barth & Son, 1919.
Barth, C. G. "New Graphical Solution for Time Allowances in Task Setting." Management and Administration: 1943-44.
Patent
Barth, Carl G., Henry L. Gantt, and Frederick W. Taylor. "Slide-rule." U.S. Patent No. 753,840. 8 Mar. 1904.
Barth, Carl G. "Method and means for re-forming wheels having worn treads and flanges." U.S. Patent No. 1,510,819. 7 Oct. 1924.
Charts
Barth, C. G. "Carl," Diagram of Functionalized Routing."." Chart 180.
References
^ a b"Carl G. Barth". The Morning Post. Camden, NJ. November 1, 1939. p. 4. Retrieved January 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ a b c d e f g h"Carl Barth, Noted Engineer, 79, Dead". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, PA. October 30, 1939. p. 7. Retrieved January 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^Carl G. Barth, 1860–1939: A Sketch (Florence M. Manning. Norwegian-American Historical Association. Volume XIII: Page 114 [1] Archived 2017-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
^Frederick Winslow Taylor, Class of 1883 (Stevens Institute of Technology) "Frederick W. Taylor – Taylor-White Process | Principles Scientific Management". Archived from the original on 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
^An Interpretive Review of 20th US Machining and Grinding Research (M. Eugene Merchant. Cincinnati, Ohio: Techsolve, Inc. 2003)[2] Archived 2009-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
^Taylorism at the Watertown Arsenal (Foundations and Trends in Technology) [3]
^Drucker, P. F. (1993). The Rise of the Knowledge Society. [4] The Wilson Quarterly, 17(2), 52–71. doi:10.2307/40258682
Further reading
Bjork, Kenneth Saga In Steel And Concrete – Norwegian Engineers In America (Northfield, Minnesota: Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1947)
External links
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Carl G. Barth, 1860–1939: A Sketch Archived 2017-07-05 at the Wayback Machine By Florence M. Manning
Archives and records
Papers of Carl G. Barth and his son J. Christian Barth at Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School.