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Ford, Henry

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
1863–1947, American industrialist, pioneer automobile manufacturer, b. Dearborn, Mich. Ford showed mechanical aptitude at an early age and left (1879) his father's farm to work as an apprentice in a Detroit machine shop. He soon returned to his home, but after considerable experimentation with power-driven vehicles, he went (1890) to Detroit again and worked as a machinist and engineer with the Edison Company. Ford continued working in his spare time as well, and in 1896 he completed his first automobile. Resigning (1899) from the Edison Company he launched the Detroit Automobile Company. A disagreement with his associates led Ford to organize (1903) the Ford Motor Company in partnership with Alexander Malcomson, James Couzens (who devised and oversaw the company's successful early business and accounting procedures), the Dodge brothers, and others. In 1907 he purchased the stock owned by most of his associates, and thereafter the Ford family remained in control of the company. In 1908…
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Full text Article Ford, Henry

From The Great American History Fact-Finder
Automobile manufacturer. Ford built his first car in 1896 and formed the Ford Motor Company in 1903. By 1909 he had worked out a system for mass producing the Model T using the assembly line and standardized parts. His production techniques drastically reduced the price of cars, and this, coupled…
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Full text Article Ford, Henry (1863–1947)

From The Oxford Encyclopedia of the History of American Science, Medicine, and Technology
Born on a farm near Dearborn, Michigan, automobile manufacturer Henry Ford held various jobs as a young man in Detroit, including machine-shop apprentice, traction car operator, and engineer for the Edison Illuminating Company. He designed and built his first prototype automobile in 1896. In 1903 he…
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Full text Article Ford, Henry (1863-1947)

From The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Place: United States of America Subject : biography, technology and manufacturing US automotive engineer and industrialist who, in the early 20th century, revolutionized the motorcar industry and manufacturing methods generally. His production of the Model-T popularized the car as a means of…
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Full text Article Ford, Henry (1863-1947)

From Encyclopedia of American Business History
Henry Ford (L ibrary of C ongress)
businessman and automaker Born near Dearborn, Michigan, Ford attended school for eight years before becoming an apprentice in a Detroit machine shop at age 16. He first learned about power plants while working for the Detroit Drydock Company, a shipbuilding firm. In 1891, he moved to Detroit…
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U.S. automobile manufacturer who, though he did not build the first American car, became the single individual most associated with the development of the auto industry in the U.S. and the most famous industrialist in the world. He set up the first assembly line to produce the Model T, whose low…
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Full text Article Ford, Henry (1863–1947)

From The AMA Dictionary of Business and Management
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Full text Article Henry Ford (1863–1947)

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business. Attributed remark History is more or less bunk. The only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today. Interview with Charles N Wheeler Chicago Tribune 25 May 1916 If you are fit you don't need it; …
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Full text Article ABILITY

From Collins Dictionary of Quotations
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. ADAMS, Douglas The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1979). Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. It is all one to me if a…
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Full text Article IDEALISM

From Collins Dictionary of Quotations
History shows that most of the positive or beneficial developments in human society have occurred as the result of care and compassion. Consider, for example, the abolition of the slave trade – Ideals are the engine of progress. DALAI LAMA The Times , June 1999. An idealist is a person who helps…
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