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4000 B.C. First Boats
Boat builders in antcient Egypt used reeds to build what were probably the first sailing boats. Needed to travel up and down the nile. -
Jan 1, 1000
Viking longboat
Long and narrow so they could travel on open sea, as well as on long rivers. -
Jan 7, 1100
Chinese Junks
Fighting and transport ships used by the chinese. -
First Submarine
Cornelius van Drebbel was the Duetch inventor who made the first submarine. He wrapped a wooden rowboat tightly in waterproofed leather and had air tubes with floats to the surface to provide oxygen. -
Hot Air Baloon
Designed by Mont Golfier bros. -
Clipper Ships
Very fast sailing ship had three or more masts and a square rig. -
First Ocean-going liners
These were the first iron made boats. They were also the first to be driven by propellers. -
Steamships
Built to cross the Atlantic combined steam and wind power. -
First Gasoline automoblie.
Jean Lenoir makes a gasoline engine automobile -
Period: to
B.C. to Modern
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First Airplane
On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. -
First Airline
DELAG was the world's first airline to use an aircraft (a Zeppelin) in revenue service. -
First succesful helicopter
Igor Sikorsky didn't invent the first helicopter, he simply made one that could fly. By 1940, Igor Sikorsky's successful VS-300 had become the model for all modern single-rotor helicopters. -
Boing 707
By the 1950s, the development of civil jets grew, beginning with the de Havilland Comet, though the first widely-used passenger jet was the Boeing 707, because it was much more economical than other planes at the time. -
The U.S. Savannah
The U.S. Savannah was one of the first nuclear powered cargo ships. It went three and a half years without refuelling. -
First Bullet Train
Bullet train transportation invented. -
First Cruise Liner
The first cruise liner was the Prinzessin Victoria Luise created by Albert Ballin.
