Productivity and Labor Discipline in the Montgolfier Paper Mill, 1780–1805

Leonard N. Rosenband

The Journal of Economic History, 1985, vol. 45, issue 2, 435-443

Abstract: The daily, weekly, and seasonal rhythms of production in the Montgolfier paper mill, one of the largest in eighteenth-century France, are examined here. Based on the comments of pioneer manufacturers, historians have been led to believe that early industrial work was irregular and unpredictable. The Montgolfiers as well complained of undependable workers. Yet their own output registers reveal a pattern of regular productivity unaided by advanced machinery or steam power.

Date: 1985
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