[AT] OT Bicycle program
James Peck
jamesgpeck at hotmail.com
Sun Sep 8 17:50:37 PDT 2019
This article uses the word apprenticeship.
Harry got the girl his older brother wanted.
http://www.lisburn.com/history/memories/memories-2004/ferguson.html
As of 1922, Ferguson was still using a wheel to control plow depth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Ferguson
The Wikipedia article does not mention the term apprenticeship. It may have been training without the legal structure of apprenticeship.
Early airplanes were very bicycle like. Harry learned enough to build a plane.
[ Jack] Harry Ferguson was trained by apprenticeship as a bicycle mechanic. I do not know what if any additional training or education he had. He also flew an early airplane in Ireland. Chares Sorensen of Ford later insulted him by calling Harry a salesman.
More information about the AT
mailing list