Model T

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Watch a comic silent movie highlighting the weaknesses of Henry Ford's Model T automobile

Tour the stages of Ford Motor Company's assembly lines producing the coupe, runabout, and Tudor sedan

flywheel magneto on Ford assembly line

The History of Ford

How Henry Ford's assembly line revolutionized factory production

For Students

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Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

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Pro and Con: Ride-Hailing

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The 100th Indianapolis 500

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Major Mass Extinctions

Nelson Mandela, undated photo.

15 Nelson Mandela Quotes

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6 Animals That Eat Their Mates

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7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances

Salem Witch Trials. Photogravure after the painting by Walter McEwen titled - The Witches - circa 1890s.

How Rye Bread May Have Caused the Salem Witch Trials

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11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.

6 Lakes That Are Drying Up

Model T: Facts & Related Content

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Photos and Videos

flywheel magneto on Ford assembly line

Watch a comic silent movie highlighting the weaknesses of Henry Ford's Model T automobile

Tour the stages of Ford Motor Company's assembly lines producing the coupe, runabout, and Tudor sedan

How Henry Ford's assembly line revolutionized factory production

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Key People

Henry Ford

Henry Ford

American industrialist

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Vintage engraving from 1878 of the spinning room in Shadwell Rope Works. View of the factory floor. Industrial revolution

Pop Quiz: 15 Things to Know About the Industrial Revolution

ball bearing. Disassembled ball bearing. rotational friction Automobile Industry, Engineering, Industry, Machine Part, Metal Industry, Sphere, Steel, Wheel

Inventors and Inventions

A model 'T' Ford motor-car outside a suburban house, 1924.

Famous Nicknames

ornithopter. Airplane and Aircraft. 3D illustration of Leonardo da Vinci's plans for an ornithopter, a flying machine kept aloft by the beating of its wings; about 1490.

Inventions: From Bayonets to Jet Engines

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A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution