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Birth Date
Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863. In Greenfield Township, Michigan. -
Thirteenth Birthday
When Henry turned 13 he received a pocket watch and took it apart and put it back together, and impressed his neighbors. Which lead to him having to fix their timepieces. -
First Apprenticeship
At age 16 Henry had left home from working at the farm to go to a ship building firm in Detroit with an apprenticeship to learn about machines. -
Married at 25
He dated and then married Clara Ala Bryant. -
First Son
A year later he had a son that he named Edsel Ford. -
First Job
He was hired as an engineer at the Detroit Edison Company. -
First Vehicle
He had built his first vehicle which was a gasoline powered buggy that had a two cylinder, four horsepower engine. -
Promotion
He was promoted to chief engineer in a year because of how he worked and how intelligent he was compared to everyone else. -
The Ford Quadricycle
He created his first model car called the Ford Quadricycle. It has a inline-2, F-head valves, four horsepower engine. It also has a two speed manual transmission. -
Meeting with Thomas Edison
He met with Thomas Edison and showed him the Ford Quadricycle and he was encouraged by Edison to make another better model. -
Carburetor
He created the first carburetor and patented it. the carburetor is connected to the throttle, which when pressed activates the carburetor mechanisms which meter the flow of air being pushed into the engine, making your car move. -
Leaving Edison
Henry raised money to make a third car and left Edison's company to make his own. -
Henry's Motor Company
He created The Ford Motor Company which became the Ford we know today. -
The Assembly
Henry created the assembly line to make making cars quicker that is took paint to dry, and with cars being made in only two and a half hours compared to 12 which also reduced the cost. -
Profit Sharing
In his business he offered profit sharing to his employees that worked for six months and later, but if they had bad habits like taking drugs, or gambling, they couldn't receive the profit sharing. -
The Ford Foundation
Ford and his family made the Ford Foundation to raise money to do research, development, and education for their company. -
Grand Cross of the German Eagle
Ford was awarded the Grand Cross of The German Eagle, the most important award Nazis gave to foreigners, by Adolf Hitler. -
Cerebral Hemorrhage
He died from a cerebral Hemorrhage, which was said to have been caused by high blood pressure in the blood vessels in the brain.
