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Excerpt from A Guide Book for the Edison Institute Museum and Greenfield Village
Strangers often ask what prompted Mr. Ford to honor the memory of Edison. A brief answer is that Mr. Ford holds him to be our greatest American. Edison was also the first man to encourage him in his develop ment of the motor car.
After going to Detroit from his Dearborn farm, Henry Ford worked his way up to the position of chief engineer of The Edison Illuminating Company of Detroit. On August 11, 1896, he attended an Edison convention at the old Manhattan Beach Hotel at Manhattan Beach, New York. There he made Edison''s acquaintance, and was pointed out by Alex Dow of The Detroit Edison Company as the young fellow who has made a gas car. Edison immediately became interested, and Mr. Ford was motioned to sit next to him and explain the gas engine and the car in detail. After a series of questions, which Ford answered, Edison brought his fist down on the table with a bang and said.
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Strangers often ask what prompted Mr. Ford to honor the memory of Edison. A brief answer is that Mr. Ford holds him to be our greatest American. Edison was also the first man to encourage him in his develop ment of the motor car.
After going to Detroit from his Dearborn farm, Henry Ford worked his way up to the position of chief engineer of The Edison Illuminating Company of Detroit. On August 11, 1896, he attended an Edison convention at the old Manhattan Beach Hotel at Manhattan Beach, New York. There he made Edison''s acquaintance, and was pointed out by Alex Dow of The Detroit Edison Company as the young fellow who has made a gas car. Edison immediately became interested, and Mr. Ford was motioned to sit next to him and explain the gas engine and the car in detail. After a series of questions, which Ford answered, Edison brought his fist down on the table with a bang and said.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Henry Ford
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ISBN - 9780265513484
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.7 cm
Page Count - 72
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