... bridges were being built for cars. Also farmers saw the Model T effective, soon the rural population was brought into the mainstream of technology. It was such a popular car, that over fifteen million were sold all over the world. However, the most important thing the Model T did, was it's impact on connecting the people of America. Bridges, roads, and highways were starting ... to do for that part, then it would move on to the next person. For example, the magneto would take one man twenty minutes to assemble it, but with the moving belt the process took only five minutes. Their first ...

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... Ford were settled on a farm in Dearborn at the time of the birth. Ford helped his father with the harvest and also attended school in a one-room schoolhouse. At age fifteen he left school to work on his father's farm full time. Ford disliked school and farm life, so at age 16, he walked to Detroit in search of employment. Ford ... manufacture only one type of car, the Model T. Initially it took 14 hours to assemble a Model T car. By improving his mass production methods, Ford reduced this time to 1 hour 33 minutes (Kerman pg14). This lowered the overall cost of each car and enabled Ford...

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