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Ford, Henry
Born July 30, 1863, near Dearborn, Mich.; died Apr. 7, 1947, in Dearborn. American industrialist; one of the founders of the automobile industry in the USA. In 1879, Ford became a machinist’s apprentice in Detroit, and he worked for several years as a machinist for various companies. In 1893 he became the chief engineer for the Edison Illuminating Company, and from 1899 to 1902 he was chief engineer for the Detroit Automobile Company. In 1892–93, Ford built his first automobile, which had a four-stroke internal-combustion engine (4 horsepower). In 1903 he founded the Ford Motor Company, which subsequently became one of the largest automobile companies in the world. Ford introduced standardization on a broad scale in his plants and made use of the assembly-line method of production. Ford described his ideas about work organization and production in My Life and Work (1922; Russian translation, 1924), Today and Tomorrow (1926), and Moving Forward (1930). Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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