Apr 2, 2002
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Fueleconomy : know your cars
fuel cost [Web]
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2001
/ 2002
Segway Human Transporter
[Web] |
Jan 23,
2001
In China, a contract is concluded
between the city of Shanghai and the industrial consortium consisting
of Siemens, ThyssenKrupp, and Transrapid International to
realize the Shanghai airport link.
1998
Razor scooter (foldable
scooter) introduced at NSGA World Sports Expo
Mai 7, 1997
Ground Effect Craft :
Howerwing [Web]
: see also Ekranoplans by Russians
1956
Christopher Cockerell invents hoovercraft
Aug 14, 1934
Hermann Kemper receives a patent
for the magnetic levitation of trains (DRP 643 316)
1903
Mary Anderson invents windshield
wiper, patent in 1905
Jul 3, 1888
John Boyd Dunlop, working
in Belfast, receives a patent for the world’s first pneumatic
tyre
guide Dunlop
vintage car tyres
Aug 2, 1873
San Francisco cable car in
operation
1861
Dücker
ropeway
Sep 24, 1852
Henri Giffard
airship
1851
Robert Napier
(Glasgow)
first ferry over Firth of Forth
1845
Robert W.
Thomson invents the aerial wheel
guide Dunlop
vintage car tyres
Jul 1845
'Great
Britain' steam ship over atlantic
1839
Kirkpatrick
Macmillan
bicycle with pedals
1836
Brackenburg
first car with internal combustion engine
Oct 6, 1829
'Rocket'
locomotive wins
Sep 27, 1825
Stockton -
Darlington
first passenger train
George / Robert Stephenson
1813 / 1817
Karl Friedrich
Drais
velociped : 'Laufrad'
1803
Richard
Trevithick
steam locomotive
1802
steam boat :
'Charlotte Dundas'
1801
Richard
Trevithick
steam car
June 5, 1783
Montgolfier's
hot-air balloon
Dec 5, 1782
Hot-air balloon by Joseph
and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier
1783
Claude
François Dorothée
steam boat
1769
Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot
builds steam waggon
1765
Ferdinand
Verbiest builds steam waggon
1767
Reynolds
builds first metal railroad
1688
Bakker
(dutchman)
builds canal lock 'Kamel'
1658
Bakker
(dutchman)
invents canal lock (Schleuse)
1649
Johann Hautsch
muscle waggon
1600
Simon Stevin
(Stevinus)
sailwaggon
1569
aid : Mercator
projection
1500's
Leonardo da
Vinci
airplane
helicopter
submarine
late 1400
Caravel by
Portuguese
700 BC
Helepole ??
700 BC
attische
Triere ??
2000 BC
wheel with spokes
2000 BC
horse-drawn chariot
3000 BC
Wheeled ox carts in
Mesopotamia
Garrett Augustus Morgan (March 4,
1877 - August 27, 1963) patentd the traffic signal
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