Henry Ford's 'Model T'

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The Character of Henry Ford Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863, and grew up on his family's prosperous farm in Springwells Township. He was an American automobile engineers and entrepreneurs, founded ford motor company. He was also the first man to organize the work of the assembly-line and in an efficient way. His mode of production make cars a kind of public products, it not only revolution the way of industrial production, but also have a significant impact to the social and culture. Henry ford was a strong-minded person. When Henry was a child, he was always interested in machines. He was always experimenting with them. He enjoyed fixing clocks. And he helped repair farm equipment. The year Ford’s mother died, Henry Ford
When he thought he was correct, he was willing to invest his efforts and his money. Earlier, he had walked away from the business of making cars when he could not control the business. Now he had the money to buy the stock of those who disagreed with him. Everyone at Ford agreed that the "Model T" must go. Henry Ford disagreed. And it was his decision that mattered. Finally, in nineteen twenty-six, even Henry admitted that the age of the "Model T" was over. A new Ford was needed. A year later, the "Model T" was gone. The Ford Motor Company did not agree to negotiate with the union until nineteen forty-one. Henry Ford accepted an agreement. If he had not, his company would have lost millions of dollars in government business.

Henry was a man who value honor very much. When Ford Motor Company was founded, Henry spent most of his time on the design of a giant 4-cylinder racing car. Although Murphy had financed the 2-cylinder racer, he did not want Ford working on a larger car. So Henry Ford left the company, but he request that the company should use his name
As Henry Ford was born in a farmer, he has Henry was never stingy in the R&D expenditure. Early in mid-1901, Henry Ford had been thinking of a racer. His specialty was engines and he was convinced that racing would attract the attention necessary to establish himself in the automotive field. With part-time help from his friends, Ed (Spider) Huff, Oliver Barthel, and C. Harold Wills, he worked around the clock. A lightweight 2-cylinder racer of 26 horsepower was finished which was said to have cost about $5000 to build. Henry was a lucky person. In 1891, Henry visited Detroit. There he saw a machine called the "silent otto ". It was a device powered by gasoline. It had been developed by a German, Nikolaus August Otto. He was one of the men who had worked with Gottlieb Daimler, who developed the first gasoline-powered automobile. The silent otto did not move. But Henry saw immediately that if the machine could be put on wheels, it would move by itself. He returned home to Clara with an idea to build such a machine. He was sure he could do it. But the machine would need electricity to make the engine work. And Henry had not learned enough about electricity. So he took a job with an electric power company in Detroit. Henry, his wife Clara, and his young son Edsel moved to the