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…
Once Henry Ford made the automobile affordable, the lives of every citizen changed. He impacted the United States (and the world) both economically and socially. He did this by creating the assembly line. This assembly line enabled the mass production of the automobile and ultimately a discounted price. Socially, among other things, he improved the quality of life greatly. People were able to take vacations to places that they would have never have been able to go, even if just for a day trip on…
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…
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 about the right to drive…
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…
Over the years, automobiles have come with new concepts and thoughts which drastically had a huge impact culturally. When the first automobile was introduced, its power came from working with steam like trains at that time. To build up steam, it needed to stop every 10 to 15 minutes having a top speed of 3 miles per hour. With this new 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…
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…
The motor carrier industry did not start until World War 1 where vehicles were finally utilized for pick-ups and deliveries. The industry continues to economically advance in the United States where more than $128.9 billion has been used to construct and improve the highway systems. It began during the Eisenhower Administration when the interstate highway system was created where ninety percent of the cost was covered by the federal government and the remaining was covered by the state. The…
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