In article <6uqe4h$sen$1 at news.indigo.ie>, gerryq at indigo.ie (Gerry Quinn) wrote:
>In article <MPG.107905ecb9b1e91d9896e5 at nntp.mindspring.com>,
qed at pobox.com (Paul Hsieh) wrote:
>>>>>I mean who are you going to compare against? Edison? According to some
>>history books, he spent a few years searching for what ended up being
>>Tungsten. But the truth is, he commissioned lots of people to do that
>>actual hunting, and he did not envision that amount of time it would take
>>to find it from the outset. Furthermore, I don't think he expended a lot
>>of mental energy looking for it.
>>>>That leads me to another nominee: Henry Ford, generally considered to
>be the father of mass production. But again, this may be the recency
>effect.
Personally, I pick Eli Whitney as the father of mass production.
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