Wikijunior:Famous Inventors/Inventors in Transportation/Henry Ford

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When, Where, and to whom was he or she born?

Henry Ford was born July 30, 1863.

He was born in Dearborn Mich.

What was his or her childhood like?

Did You Know?

• He had no business experience.
• His first company failed.
• His second company failed.

He lived on a farm And worked at the farm too.

Why did this person become interested in science?

He invented mass production of cars.

Where did this person go to school?

At age 16, Ford went to Detroit to work as an apprentice machinist.

What problem did he or she uncover that needed solving?

Cars were unreliable, complicated or unaffordable.

What solutions had already been tried that did not solve the problem? Why wasn't it working?

Gears were changed by hand. Cars did not self-start.

What did this person invent that solved the problem?

He introduced the Model T in 1908 and the moving assembly line in 1913.

How did the invention solve the problem?

1925 Ford Model T touring

Cars became simple, reliable and affordable.

How has this inventor changed people and the world?

He made car more simple to build.

What happened to this inventor in the end?

Ford died in 1947.

If you could ask this inventor one question, what would you ask?

Was it hard building up the Ford motor company?

If you could bring this inventor to today and tell him or her one thing, what would you tell him or her about the effect of his or her invention?

They got more bigger and heavier.

References

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Transwiki:Henry_Ford