I know that Karl Benz (Carl?) is credited with the first automobile in the 1800s, where Henry Ford is credited with the production line some 20years later, where in time does the teakettle event and his first prodution automobile internal combustion engine fall? Never saw reference to this in the Henry Ford Museum, and as a museum member, I'd like to have more info on this please.
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Originally Posted by Knightrider966
<>Henry Ford would have never produced the first production automobile internal combustion engine, since he came up with the idea by stopping up the spout of a teakettle, fastening the lid down and putting it on the stove to see what would happen. When it exploded and a piece struck him in the face and cut him badly, it was at that point he thought about an internal combustion engine and how this power could be put to good use!
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