Both Ford and Ransom E. Olds are sometimes credited with the invention of the assembly line, although the assembly lines development included many inventors. It combined the idea of interchangeable parts . After 5 years of empirical development, Fords first moving assembly line began mass production on or around April 1, 1913. The concept was first applied to subassemblies, and shortly after to the entire chassis. Although it is inaccurate to say that Ford personally invented the assembly line, his sponsorship of its development and use was central to its explosive success in the 20th century.

　　Miscellaneous

　　Ford was the winner of the award of Car Entrepreneur of the Century in 1999.

　　Ford published a book, circulated to youth in 1914, called The Case Against the Little White Slaver which documented many dangers of cigarette smoking attested to by many researchers and luminaries.

　　Ford dressed up as Santa Claus and gave sleigh rides to children at Christmas time on his estate.

　　A compendium of short biographies of famous Freemasons, published by a Freemason lodge, lists Ford as a member.

　　Ford was especially fond of Thomas Edison, and on Edisons deathbed, he demanded Edisons son catch his final breath in a test tube. The test tube can stl be found today in Henry Ford Museum.

　　In 1923, Fords pastor, and head of his sociology department, Episcopal minister Samuel S. Marquis, claimed that Ford believed, or once believed, inreincarnation. Though it is unclear whether or how long Ford kept such a belief, the San Francisco Examiner from August 26, 1928, published a quote which described Fords beliefs:

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