Who invented the car?

ronn said:
agreed dave. We are all taught that Lindberg completed the first solo over the Atlantic, but Carranza beat him by a few months.

problem is Carranza died and so it didnt make for a good story. Carranza memorial is about 10 miles from my house.....
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actually, not only did Carranza die (don't we all?), he also never left the american continent...
 
Marshall V. Daut said:
Who invented the car? According to my second-grade teacher Miss Shaw, it was Henry Ford. It took me YEARS to UNLEARN that "fact". She's also the one who told us New York City is the capital of New York State. So much for public education...
Marshall
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Yes, but we learned some good stuff too. Fifth grade, Mrs. Waggoner told us "you can make statistics come out however you want, so be careful of them". After I got in business I found that to be very true.
 
Gene F said:
Yes, but we learned some good stuff too. Fifth grade, Mrs. Waggoner told us "you can make statistics come out however you want, so be careful of them". After I got in business I found that to be very true.
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A friend started a polling company. He was very good at it. The secret was making the client happy that their idea/product had merit. It was easy once you figured out what questions to ask so the customer got the answer they were looking for.
 
Gene F said:
Yes, but we learned some good stuff too. Fifth grade, Mrs. Waggoner told us "you can make statistics come out however you want, so be careful of them". After I got in business I found that to be very true.[/QUOTE

This leads to the saying, 'There's lies, there's damn lies, and then there's statistics.'
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actually, not only did Carranza die (don't we all?), he also never left the american continent...

should have clarified, died in flight and long distance record.

oh the details............! lol
 
I will say that, when I was taught about flight and the Wright brothers, I distinctly remember being told they were the first 'CONTROLLED' flight, not the first powered flight.
They developed the 3-axis control scheme that is still used in today's aircraft.

I also remember reading that some of the other leading aircraft designers of the time unironically steered their aircraft by leaning from one side to the other, like a motorcycle!
 
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