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- Henry Ford's "Kitchen Sink" Engine, 1893 - Henry Ford built his first experimental engine using scrap metal for parts. He tested it on the kitchen sink after supper on December 24, 1893. For ignition he ran a wire from the ceiling's light bulb. His wife Clara hand-fed gasoline to the intake valve while Henry spun the flywheel. The engine roared into action, shaking the sink.
- 1893
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Henry Ford's "Kitchen Sink" Engine, 1893
Henry Ford built his first experimental engine using scrap metal for parts. He tested it on the kitchen sink after supper on December 24, 1893. For ignition he ran a wire from the ceiling's light bulb. His wife Clara hand-fed gasoline to the intake valve while Henry spun the flywheel. The engine roared into action, shaking the sink.
- Drawing of Gas Engine by Gottlieb Daimler, 1877 - German engineer Gottlieb Daimler developed small, high-speed engines in the 1880s. Daimler built the world's first internal combustion motorcycle in 1885, and he built an automobile the following year. With Wilhelm Maybach, Daimler formed Daimler Motors Corporation in 1890 to manufacture engines. The company began producing automobiles in 1892. Daimler Motors merged with Benz & Company in 1926.
- 1877
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Drawing of Gas Engine by Gottlieb Daimler, 1877
German engineer Gottlieb Daimler developed small, high-speed engines in the 1880s. Daimler built the world's first internal combustion motorcycle in 1885, and he built an automobile the following year. With Wilhelm Maybach, Daimler formed Daimler Motors Corporation in 1890 to manufacture engines. The company began producing automobiles in 1892. Daimler Motors merged with Benz & Company in 1926.
- Trade Catalog, Gas Engine & Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury & Co. Consolidated, 1902 -
- 1902
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Trade Catalog, Gas Engine & Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury & Co. Consolidated, 1902
- Otto Silent Gas Engine, Ford Exhibition Building, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1934 - Chicago's 1933-34 Century of Progress Exposition used the theme of progress to encourage optimism during the Depression. The Ford Exhibition Building, which sat on eleven acres at the fair and featured industrial demonstrations and informative displays like this, became the most talked-about exhibit of 1934.
- 1934
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Otto Silent Gas Engine, Ford Exhibition Building, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1934
Chicago's 1933-34 Century of Progress Exposition used the theme of progress to encourage optimism during the Depression. The Ford Exhibition Building, which sat on eleven acres at the fair and featured industrial demonstrations and informative displays like this, became the most talked-about exhibit of 1934.
- Highland Park Plant Engine- Generator, 1915-1916 - Ford's Model T mass production system would not have been practical without electricity; by 1919 nine of these Ford-designed hybrid internal combustion/steam engines generated the power needed by the Highland Park plant's assembly lines and associated machinery. By 1926 the engines were rendered obsolete when electricity was fed from the power plant at Ford's River Rouge plant ten miles away.
- 1915-1916
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Highland Park Plant Engine- Generator, 1915-1916
Ford's Model T mass production system would not have been practical without electricity; by 1919 nine of these Ford-designed hybrid internal combustion/steam engines generated the power needed by the Highland Park plant's assembly lines and associated machinery. By 1926 the engines were rendered obsolete when electricity was fed from the power plant at Ford's River Rouge plant ten miles away.