Henry Clay Frick

In 1906, on a farm in Utah, a boy named Philo Taylor Farnsworth was born. In a very short time Philo began to ask questions, accordingly his parents answered as best as they could, he was very interested in mechanics and electricity. As he grew up, he was mesmerized with the hand-cranked telephone Thomas Edison had made and hand-cranked phonograph that Alexander Graham Bell had made. They were his new heroes. Trying for a better life, the Farnsworth family moved from Utah to Idaho. Philo had…

Horses come and go but family is always there. In the book The Red Pony written by John Steinbeck a young boy named Jody learns about the importance of animals and family. John Steinbeck writes about the countryside and uses vivid detail to describe where he grew up. Steinbeck is a well known author with many popular novels including The Red Pony. In this book Steinbeck successfully shows the many lessons a young boy has to learn to be able to grow into a man. In the book The Red Pony there…

The impact that Henry Ford made on transportation is one of the only reasons the United States grew and prospered so much at the time. Ford wanted to sell an automobile that anyone could afford to buy. He said “It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise.” On October 1, 1908, the first automobile that Ford Motor Company made was completed. This first automobile was the Model T, it was sold for $825, or…

Henry Ford was not the first person to create to assembly line. The first car to be made using the assembly line was the Oldsmobile Curved Dash. According to Ford in My Life and Work the assembly line should have the following principals. "(1) Place the tools and the men in the sequence of the operation so that each component part shall travel the least possible distance while in the process of finishing. (2) Use work slides or some other form of carrier so that when a workman completes his…

In 1850 New England Gallaudet Association of the Deaf was founded, and in 1880, they had their first national convention; Robert P. McGregor was elected the first president. In 1889, the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) was adopted as the formal name of the organization. NAD went through many difficult times, but one of the first was in 1920, when deaf people were being refused the right to obtain a driving license. It wasn't until the fifteenth national convention in 1926 that concerns…

Have you ever driven a car made by Ford? If you have, odds are that that car wouldn’t have existed if not for Henry Ford. In this essay, I'm going to talk about the different ways Henry Ford revolutionized the way we view cars. Henry was born in Dearborn, Michigan on July 30, 1863. He was the child of William Ford and Mary Litogot. He was the first of five children to live to adulthood. He started from a relatively poor background. However, even from the beginning, he showed an interest in…

multitude of factories and plants. In 1896, Henry Ford created the first automobile, which he called the Quadricycle. Another auto mobile producer, Ransom E. Olds opened Detroit's first auto manufacturing plant in 1901. Ransom Eli Olds was a pioneer of the American automotive industry, for whom both the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named. Olds opened the door to opportunity in the automotive business, and Henry Ford noticed. Ford opened his second car company, Henry Ford Co. in the city not…

Have you every herd of Bugatti wills if you haven’t I am about tell you the history behind it. It was founded in -1881 by Ettore Bugatti. In 1898 they made a tricycle with an engine and later own in 1901 Type 2 the first care they made and that lead to brother died and that lead Type 2 faller. In 1903 Type 5 was created it was the first race care Bugatti 1905 the starter for the 4 cylinder engine It change the car industry for Bugatti. 1909 the great Mosheim factory was started. Bugatti makes…

invention came many problems. The steam carriages were viewed as a nuisance as people pointed them to be very noisy and dirty. Then, automobiles with gas were introduced. With gas cars, many things changed and over time they became very popular. Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, took advantage of the growing popularity of the automobile. Previously, cars were exclusive to those with the money…

The Dodge brothers The Dodge motor company was one of the first car companies. The Dodge motor company is still a thriving company today. The Dodge brothers revolutionized the motor industry's forever. The Dodge Motor company started with the two brothers John and Horace dodge. The brothers were born and grew up in Michigan and got a job as machinists. After the job as machinists they co-founded a bicycle shop in 1897. After having the shop for three years they sold the bicycle…