National Museum of American History
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth: Motion Engineers
March 6, 1980 – April 30, 1980
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Highlighted is a chronocyclegraph, a device invented by the Gilbreths to study the hand and arm motions of industrial workers. Also on view are other items associated with the couple, whose attempts to efficiently organize their 11 children is told in the book Cheaper by the Dozen.