The thing I find the most interesting about this engine is that Ford did not use a spark plug. Inside the cylinder were two electrical switch contacts, and the spark was made on opening the switch. The electricity for this was provided by putting it in series with a light bulb connected to his house wiring. That's probably why it ended up in his kitchen sink - he would not have had any electricity in his garage.
Probably even a machine or carriage house (his parent's farm wouldn't have has mews) instead of what we would think of as a garage.
Both of those appear to use spark plugs; see "Comment 1" and "Comment 2" in TFA for guesses as to what Ford might have originally used for ignition instead.
The engine lasted way longer than the links on picasa. An important sign about how we're handling how culture and achievements.
I once stumbled upon what I thought was a car show, but was actually an exhibition of miniature engines (!). Is this a thing? It seems really interesting and I'd love to build a miniature engine with my kids someday.
1893. In 1908 he unleashed the Model T. I am super impressed.
I hate websites that don’t allow reader view. Why do they do this?
Works for me in Firefox 128.0.3 (64-bit) on Linux Mint.
How can I install this on my iPhone…
That’s not how it works. If you throw crazy markup at a Reader, it may not be able to identify what the main body of text in the page is and just give up.