The dictionary defines accumulative 1: CUMULATIVE (an of rapid and ~ change) 2: tending or given to accumulation. To get a better idea of this word, the same dictionary defines accumulate as to gather or pile up esp. little by little and to increase gradually little by little.
Born in 1863, Henry Ford was the first surviving son of William and Mary Ford, who owned a prosperous farm in Dearborn, Michigan. At 16, he left home for the nearby city of Detroit, where he found apprentice work as a machinist.
Edsel Ford succeeds father as president of Ford. On this day in 1919, Edsel Ford, the son of Model T inventor and auto industry pioneer Henry Ford, succeeds his father as president of the Ford Motor Company.