SAT写作经典例子之亨利·福特_SAT写作

SAT写作经典例子之亨利·福特

　　Sidelights

　　Interest in materials science and engineering

　　Henry Ford long had an interest in materials science and engineering. He enthusiastically described his companys adoption of vanadium steel alloys and subsequent metallurgic RD work.

　　Ford long had an interest in plastics developed from agricultural products, especially soybeans. He cultivated a relationship with George Washington Carver for this purpose. Soybean-based plastics were used in Ford automobiles throughout the 1930s in plastic parts such as car horns, in paint, etc. This project culminated in 1942, when Ford patented an automobile made almost entirely of plastic, attached to a tubular welded frame. It weighed 30% less than a steel car and was said to be able to withstand blows ten times greater than could steel. Furthermore, it ran on grain alcohol instead of gasoline. The design never caught on.

　　Ford was interested in engineered woods ; corn as a fuel source, via both corn oil and ethanol; and the potential uses of cotton. Ford was instrumental in developing charcoal briquets, under the brand name Kingsford. His brother in law, E.G. Kingsford, used wood scraps from the Ford factory to make the briquets.

　　Ford was a prolific inventor and was awarded 161 U.S. patents.

　　Georgia residence and community

　　Ford maintained a vacation residence in Richmond Hill, Georgia. He contributed substantially to the community, building a chapel and schoolhouse and employing numerous local residents.