"Ben-Nes Michael" <miki@???> wrote:
> > > > IIRC, it was Henry Ford who made the first car (Interestingly, I have
> 2
> > > > Fords).
> > > >
> > >
> > > Sorry but your wrong :(
> > >
> > > 1885 - Gottlieb Daimler invented what is often recognized as the
> prototype
> > > of the modern gas engine - with a vertical cylinder, and with gasoline
> > > injected through a carburetor (patented in 1887). Daimler first built a
> > > two-wheeled vehicle the "Reitwagen" (Riding Carriage) with this engine
> and a
> > > year later built the world's first four-wheeled motor vehicle.
> > >
> > > Henry started manufacturing 24 year after the first French car factory
> > > opened.
> >
> > Would I have been right if I had added "in america"?
I believe Ford's claim to fame was the assembly line/mass production.
A quick google search turned up
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dt13as.html
Now back to absurd ideas about patenting...
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