Henry Ford and Mass Production

by Herminne Tonita - Henry Ford is famous for making automobiles. But what makes him important is how he made them. Ford began to make automobiles in the 1890s. One day in 1903 he was talking to a friend about the best way to do this. "The real way is to make one like another, as much alike as pins or matches," he said. The friend said that he did not believe that this was possible. "The...