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No need to link engineer and it creates a confusing sea of blue.
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" Allis-Chalmers and Studebaker" context, what are/were these organisations?
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"rubber motor mounts" link.
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"core engineering people that" people reads odd to me, perhaps team?
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"the present day" hyphenate in this usage.
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"He came up with innovations like " -> "His innovations included"
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"Then his family lived in Bay City, Michigan" by Then do you mean "at that time" or "subsequently"?
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"Zeder had four brothers... " use first name here as lots of Zeders have been noted previously.
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Link "public schools" because that means something different in the UK.
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""was as a helper being a machinist's" -> "was as a machinist's"
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"Bay City (manufacturer of" -> "Bay City, a manufacturer of..."
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"a railroad call boy (waking up the train crew in the morning) for" no italics and perhaps: "a railroad call boy, responsible for waking up the train crew in the morning, for"
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"Central Railroad.[6] He oversaw railroad" -> "Central Railroad where he oversaw railroad"
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"to have them oiled " ->" ensuring they were"
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"In high school" -> "While at high school"
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"public high school Bay City" odd way round? or missing word?
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"Zeder went to the" attended?
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"Bachelor of Science" could link.
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"apprentice" is overlinked.
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"This is where " -> "There"
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"met Carl Breer" context, how, in what capacity?
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"such a student and was from Stanford University." so he was studying a second degree? Or a post-grad course/doctorate?
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"friends in their" during.
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"the E-M-F Company in" context, what did this company do?
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"brothers (wagon builders) took" what do you mean?
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"he was Studebaker's" he was or became?
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"and was about to be bankrupt" -> "and was close to bankruptcy."
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"In 1914 Zeder enticed Breer to come over" this seems to have gone back in the narrative.
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"transmitting its power to the wheels " do you mean
transmissions?
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""The Three Musketeers" of Studebaker and Willys—Zeder, Skelton, and Breer—" you don't need to repeat this definition of the Three Musketeers.
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"became the heart of"" not encyclopedic in tone.
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"credited Frederick Zeder" no need for Frederick.
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"an air flow design" why italics? And what does it mean?
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"car. It was to demonstrate" merge. And I don't think "purr of the motor" is encyclopedic.
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ISBNs all formatted differently - make consistent.