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Aug 8, 2017 · He came up with the idea of using interchangeable parts on an assembly line. Instead of a single worker producing a car from beginning to end, each worker would be trained to perform a single task in the process. By 1914 he had reduced the cost to $490, and by 1921 the Model T cost only $310.
Jun 16, 2017 · The Ku Klux Klan were what we would call nowadays "Skinheads" or "White Supremacists". And yes, they were in Phoenix, and yes, there were lynchings. And it gets worse. States, including Arizona, discriminated against Black people by doing what was called "Separate but Equal". And that meant separating things, even drinking fountains into "Black ...
Sep 1, 2017 · 1900: The electric automobile was in its heyday. Of the 4,192 cars produced in the United States 28 percent were. powered by electricit y, and electri c autos represented about one-third of all ...
Jan 30, 2017 · That car was the first Model T Ford, which became available to the public in the summer of 1908. It was a four cylinder, 20 horsepower touring car. The model sold for $850, compared to a figure of $2,800 dollars for a few earlier touring cars the company had previously made. The car had a speed of about 40 miles per hour; carried 10 gallons of ...
Feb 28, 2019 · Feminism, a belief in the political, economic and cultural equality of women, has roots in the earliest eras of human civilization. It is typically separated into three waves: first wave feminism ...
Dec 22, 2017 · In April 1900 – not long after Daimler passed away – Jellinek reached an agreement with DMG in which he would pay a large sum of money if Maybach designed a new kind of sports car meeting certain requirements. Jellinek asserted, “I don’t want a car for today or tomorrow, it will be the car of the day after tomorrow.”
Apr 26, 2010 · Released on October 1, 1908, the Ford Model T was a self-starting vehicle with a left-sided steering wheel, featuring an enclosed four-cylinder engine with a detachable cylinder head and a one ...
