The Machinist

watches mechanisms worked, he reassembled the watch back into one piece. Henry Ford was always tinkering with mechanical objects his whole life. Unsatisfied with the farm life, Ford set out into the city at the age of sixteen. He took a job as a machinist apprentice in the city of Detroit. (History.com) Ford then became an engineer and worked for the Edison Illuminating company. But Henry was still trying…

Specific Purpose: To show the audience that the Thomas Edison we learned in school was actually a lie. Introduction: Attention: Thomas Edison was a great inventor, but did you know he did not have a formal education? According to an article written by US National Parks Service entitled Edison Biography on March 14th, states that Edison was home schooled and his mother taught him how to read (National Parks Service). Even without higher education he became one of the most successful people in…

Patriot Premium Threading Services. Gilliam dropped out of high school at 15 to work at his father’s machine shop. He started at the ground floor as a “shop-sweep.” He worked day and night during the oil boom of the 1980’s and was quickly promoted to machinist and later, became president of the company. Gilliam used the knowledge gleaned from his years spent at every level…

Each country, state, region and town are able to produce people with a certain identity. Those from California are laid back, those from New York are in a hurry and are unfriendly, and those from the Caribbean can be considered violent. From these examples, it is clear to see that every different area in the world consists of people with a certain identity. But if these people were to migrate to a different area, say Japan, would their identities be affected? In the novel, The Brief and Wondrous…

Henry Ford and Kelly Black Throughout the twentieth century, two Mechanical Engineers that played an enormous roll in transforming the automotive industry were Henry Ford and Kelly Black. Analogous of Mechanical Engineers, Ford (disliked, multidimensional) and Black (well loved, one-dimensional) were both creative, persistent entrepreneurs lured to a career as Mechanical Engineers mainly due to their desire to understand how things worked, their obsession on improving their product designs, and…

biological were two college students from the University of Wisconsin. He then was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs who gave him the name of Steven Paul Jobs. Clara, his adoptive mother, was an accountant, while Paul was a Coast Guard veteran and machinist. (www.biography.com) The family lived in Mountain View, California or as it would later be called Silicon Valley. As a child Steve and his father would work on electronics in their garage. Steve Jobs was always a very intelligent person,…

Life and Work of Henry Ford Henry Ford is the founder of Ford Motors which was and still is a major producer of automobiles. He was born in 1863 in Michigan, and later died in 1948 after creating a world known company (Richard). Ford brought a revolution to the motor industry. He played a significant role in the establishment of the assembly line; an efficient way to manufacture goods, which led to mass production at a lower cost. Before he developed Ford Automobile Company, car owners were…

On December 1st, 2015, I decided to interview my Grandmother Frances Escobar Gonzales. She is 65 years old from Colton, California. Frances has one sister (Sylvia Escobar Barraza), and three brothers ( George Escobar, William Escobar, and David Escobar). Frances currently lives in Colton with her husband Edward (Eddie) Gonzales. Growing up Frances. Currently, she does not live near any cousins, aunts or uncles; But growing up her favorite Aunt was Tia Nena. Frances noted that Nena was very…

The United States’ participation in World War II has led to a lot of dynamic changes to the nation as a whole. There are two large categories of changes that must be understood to understand the large scale magnitude of what the United States was before and after the war. These categories are in the realm of social and political changes, which are both very much entwined with American economic changes. To better understand the topic of changes in American culture and politics, one must know…

Ethan Tooke Ms. Lawrence English 10 - 2 February 21, 2024 Samuel Morse Samuel Morse was an influential figure in the 19th century. Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, on April 27, 1791. As a businessman, inventor, and artist, as well as Inventing the Telegraph and Morse Code, Morse had a varied and exceptional life. Samuel Morse changed long-distance communication and opened the door for contemporary telecommunications, influencing both history and technology. Morse’s early life was marked by…