"By the piece" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... was then, as now, done by the piece, or annual job, the computers on it very generally working at their homes. This offers many advantages for such work; the government is not burdened with an officer who must be paid his regular monthly salary whether he supplies his work or not, and whom it is unpleasant and difficult to get ...
— The Reminiscences of an Astronomer • Simon Newcomb |
