History of transportation | technology

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History of transportation | technology | Britannica technology Learn about this topic in these articles: contribution to agriculture and trade development Industrial Revolution In history of Europe: Economic effects …production heightened demands on the transportation system to move raw materials and finished products. Massive road and canal building programs were […]

Velocipede Bicycle History and Facts

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Velocipede is a term that describes human powered land vehicle with two or more wheels that has managed to become a synonym for the word bicycle in the early history of those travel devices. However, even though the word “velocipede” was most famously used to describe balanced bicycle designs […]

Science of Cycling: A History of Bicycling Timeline

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Timeline 1817 Baron von Drais invents the Draisine (also known as a Hobby Horse or Swift-Walker), an improved celerifere than can be steered with handlebars.  Draisine   1839 Kirkpatrick MacMilan of Scotland adds cranks and treadmills to the rear axle of a two-wheeled vehicle, but […]

How to Get Pre-1980 Vehicle History Report

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by Contributor Today, it is easy to enter the vehicle identification number (VIN) and get a history report on our vehicle. However, prior to 1980, it was a different story. It was difficult to get accurate information without a standard system. For a vehicle made before 1980, you must have […]

Automobile History – Top 10 Interesting Facts

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By  Vikas Yogi | Updated: 05-Jun-14 02:02 PM Automobiles have been around since as early as 1769, when the first steam engine powered automobiles were produced. In 1807, Francois Isaac de Rivaz designed the first car that was powered by an internal combustion engine running on fuel gas. The […]

Vehicle History Reports

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Last Modified: March 25, 2020 by Jeff Ostroff | Originally Published April 25, 2007 If you are in the market for a used car, you must get a Vehicle History Report AND have the car inspected by a certified mechanic on a lift. Do not buy a used car without […]

Bicycle History – Evolution of Cycling

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Bicycles and motorcycles are an integral part of our lives. They provide easy and cheap ways of public transportation for many billions of people all around the world. However, ease of transport was not always so widespread. Over past several centuries, many inventors worked hard on the production of various […]

The Brief History of Transportation

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Whether by land or by sea, humans have always sought to traverse the earth and move to new locations. The evolution of transportation has brought us from simple canoes to space travel, and there’s no telling where we could go next and how we will get there. The following is […]

History of the Bicycle

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A modern bicycle by definition is a rider-powered vehicle with two wheels in tandem, powered by the rider turning pedals connected to the rear wheel by a chain, and having handlebars for steering and a saddle-like seat for the rider. With that definition in mind, let’s look at the history […]

automotive industry | History, Developments, & Facts

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Although steam-powered road vehicles were produced earlier, the origins of the automotive industry are rooted in the development of the gasoline engine in the 1860s and ’70s, principally in France and Germany. By the beginning of the 20th century, German and French manufacturers had been joined by British, Italian, and […]

History of the bicycle – Wikipedia

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This article is about the history of the bicycle itself. For information about the history of riding bicycles, see history of cycling. 1886 Swift Safety Bicycle Vehicles for human transport that have two wheels and require balancing by the rider date back to the early 19th century. The first means […]

bicycle | Definition, History, Types, & Facts

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Bicycle predecessors Historians disagree about the invention of the bicycle, and many dates are challenged. It is most likely that no individual qualifies as the inventor and that the bicycle evolved through the efforts of many. Although Leonardo da Vinci was credited with having sketched a bicycle in 1492 in […]

Automobile History – HISTORY

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Contents When Were Cars Invented? Henry Ford and William Durant Model T Automotive Industry Growing Pains Car Sales Stall GM Introduces ‘Planned Obsolescence’ World War II and the Auto Industry Rise of Japanese Automakers U.S. Carmakers Retool Legacy of the U.S. Auto Industry The automobile was first invented and perfected […]

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