The Standard of the World.(Escape Roads)

Byline: LEIGH DORRINGTON Henry Leland was a New England machinist who learned his trade with various companies, including Colt Firearms, a firm that excelled in precision manufacturing techniques. Precision became a passion for Leland. He helped create a company in Detroit that made gears precise to "0.0005'' and were interchangeable when most parts still required hand fitting.

In 1902, financial backers of the failed Detroit Automobile Company-founded with Henry Ford-hired Leland to appraise the factory and equipment for liquidation. Leland convinced the backers that the ...

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