Transport

The Development Of Transport

  • 1600

    During the 1600's Cornelius Drebbel builds the worlds first known submarine which is controlled by oars
  • 1662

    During 1662 Blaise Pascal invents a horse-drawn bus that has a regular route, schedule and fare system
  • 1776

    During 1776 the first submarine to be propelled by screws and the first military submarine to try and attack a ship was created by David Bushnell.
  • 1784

    In Redruth, England William Murdoch invented a working model of a steam carriage.
  • 1803

    During 1803 Richard Trevithick built his 10-seater steam carridge
  • 1897

    The first electric bicycle was built in 1897 by Hosea W. Libbey
  • 1900

    Ferdinand von Zeppelin launches the first successful airship.
  • 1903

    The Wright brothers fly the first motor-driven airplane.
  • 1912

    Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket.
  • 2000

    During 2000 inventor Dean Kamen invents the Segway PT self-balancing personal transport