This automatic and self-lubricating system
anticipating the assembly line the twentieth century. Conveyance was one the important engineering
problems solved because offered the greatest
opportunity decrease the cost the operation. Crowther, "Edison Knew Him," quoted in
Josephson, 378.
5) Ford and S. The rubber
belts ran rollers which were specially designed resist
dust and dirt.
4) Recollections Dan Smith and Benny Odel, Mary Childs
Nerney's notes, 281101.G.3
stages. Henry
Ford later claimed that was Edison's example Ogden that
inspired him devise his assembly line for the Model T.
ENDNOTES
1) Robbins reminiscence, quoted Josephson, 368.
2) TAE Kruesi, ND, Kruesi file
3) Scientific American, voi 66, April 1892, 216.
