Thomas Edison was Henry Ford's hero. In 1896, shortly after building his quadricycle, Henry Ford had the chance to meet the famous inventor at a convention in New York. Edison, who was ...

The automobile maker did not experience success until midway through his life and failed to keep that success going, but ...

Asked to evaluate his son's abilities as an intellectual, the elder Edison said that he was, “absolutely illiterate, ...

Designated at the present sites of Edison's three research laboratories: the Edison & Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers, Florida, on May 25, 2014; at the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West ...

The two American innovators – Thomas Edison, the inventor of both the electric light bulb and the phonograph, and Henry Ford, pioneer of the automobile – were good friends who built their ...

Ford had bought a 1914 Detroit Electric for his wife, Clara, and Thomas Edison himself owned one. Henry Ford was the world's largest automaker by this point, so it seemed like no big deal for him ...

Ten buildings in legendary inventor Thomas Edison's plant ... with a sizeable loan from his friend Henry Ford, Edison got part of the plant up and running again. His employees worked double ...

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