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Henry Ford (Biography)

Born on July 28, 1863. Green field Township, Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.

Founder of Ford Motor Company.

Introduced Model T.

Father of Assembly lines used in mass production.

Awarded 161 U.S. Patents

Henry Ford’s Siblings include Margaret Ford (1867–1868); Jane Ford (c. 1868–1945); William Ford (1871–1917) and Robert Ford

Mary Ford William Ford

Henry Ford’s - Parents & Siblings

Childhood- He was passion about mechanics from the moment he born.- At fifteen, Ford dismantled and reassembled the timepieces of friends and neighbours dozens of times, gaining the reputation of a watch repairman.- As young boy he work on a farm with his family and tried to learn about mechanics as much as he can.

Henry Ford (Age 2.5 years)

- Ford married Clara Ala Bryant in 1888 and supported himself by farming and running a sawmill.- In 1891, Ford became an engineer with the Edison illuminating company in Detroit.

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In 1896, Henry Ford test drove his first invention Quadricycle.He named it as “Ford Quadricycle” as it ran on four cycle wheels.

It was also called as Horseless carriage.

The success of the little vehicle fuelled Ford's automobile ambitions, leading ultimately to the founding of Ford Motor Company in 1903.

Quadricycle (1896)

Quadricycle runs at a maximum speed of 20 miles per hour.

- Model T.- Fordism: Fordism is the economic philosophy that widespread prosperity and high corporate profits can be achieved by high wages that allow the workers to purchase the output they produce, such as automobiles. - Mass Production

Model T - Ford

Ford set out to build a car which everyone could afford to buy . Model T – Tin Lizzie – Flivver.

The attraction of the Model T was that its price never increased.

Costing $1200 in 1909, the price in 1928 was only $295.

By 1928 Ford was producing more than one car per minute.

Mass Production

Ford was able to sell cars cheaply because they were mass produced and every part was standardized (only one color and one engine size were available).

By producing large number of cars on an Assembly Line Ford needed fewer skilled people and that cut the cost of paying wages.

Assembly Lines : ‘… each man and each machine do only one thing ... the thing is to keep everything in motion and take the work to the man not the man to the work’

Car Industry

Mass productions & Standardisation lead to

increased car sales.

More Standardised parts are needed

More jobs are created in other

industries.

Steel

Glass

Rubber

Leather

More people with jobs means that

they can afford to buy a car!

More Oil is used.

More roads are built.

The Cycle of

Prosperity!

Ford Airplane Company

Ford, like other automobile companies, entered the aviation business during World War I, building Liberty engines.

After the war, it returned to auto manufacturing until 1925, when Henry Ford acquired the Stout Metal Airplane Company.

Ford's most successful aircraft was the Ford 4AT Trimotor .

Awards

Grand Cross of the German Eagle, an award bestowed to Mr. Ford

Henry Ford (1863 - 1947)

Ford - 1896

Ford Flex - 2009