This article is about the mathematician and mechanical engineer. For the Norwegian painter, see Carl Wilhelm Bøckmann Barth. For the theologian, see Karl Barth.
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.
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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 ArsenalatWatertown, 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]
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]
^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
^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
