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Presents an illustrated history of transportation from ancient times to today. Discusses the invention of the wheel, steam engines, the automobile, aircraft, trains, boats, spaceships, and the future of transportation. Includes dozens of color photographs, timelines, a glossary, and record breakers.
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For thousands of years, travel by foot, horseback, carriage, and sailing ship were the only ways to get around, setting the pace of society and, to a large degree, circumscribing the potential of humankind. But all of that changed with the advent of steamships, trains, automobiles, and airplanes. In this program, Ronald E. G. Davies, curator of air transport at the National Air and Space Museum; historian Ruth Schwartz Cowan; MIT researcher Andreas...
10) Transportation
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From trolleys and wagons to cars and spaceships, transportation has changed over the years. Descriptive text and historical photographs give readers a peek into the ways we used to get around.
12) Transportation
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"The history of inventions that have changed transportation, from the wheel and the bicycle to cars, maglev trains, navigation systems, and spacecraft"--Provided by publisher.
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Every time you get on an airplane, take a railway train to visit family, or drive down the highway to go on an adventure, you're putting your safety in the hands of the Department of Transportation. The Cabinet department determines how the country's various public transit systems operate and connect, what the rules are for airline flight, and how highways and roadways are constructed and maintained. Readers will learn about the various rules and...