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3500 BC
Fixed wheels on carts are invented - the first wheeled vehicles in history. Other early wheeled vehicles include the chariot. -
3500 Bc
River boats are invented and ships with oars. -
1492
Leonardo da Vinci first to seriously theorize about flying machines - with over 100 drawings that illustrated his theories on flight. -
1662
Blaise Pascal invents the first public bus - horse-drawn, regular route, schedule, and fare system. -
1620
Cornelis Drebbel invented the first submarine - an human oared submersible. -
1783
First practical steamboat demonstrated by Marquis Claude Francois de Jouffroy d'Abbans - a paddle wheel steamboat -
1807
1886 In 1807, François Isaac de Rivaz designed the first car powered by an internal combustion engine fueled by hydrogen. -
1913
1913 Henry Ford perfect the assembly-line production of his famous Model T, making cars affordable for the average American