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Transportation
Transportation from 1800-1820 -
First Road Locomotive
Richard Trevithick ran a full-sized steam 'road locomotive on the road in Camborne, England -
London steam carriage
Richard Trevithick built his 10-seater London Steam Carriage -
Proto-type steam-powered railway locomotive
Richard Trevithick built a prototype steam-powered railway locomotive. -
steam powered amphibious vehichle
1804 – Oliver Evans (claimed to have) demonstrated a steam-powered amphibious vehicle. -
Robert fultons north river steam boat
1807 – Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat, the world's first commercially successful steamboat, makes her maiden voyage. -
Hydrogen gas powered internal combustion engine
1807 – Isaac de Rivas made a hydrogen gas powered internal combustion engine and mounted it on a vehicle. -
First practical steam powered train
1814 – George Stephenson built the first practical steam-powered railway locomotive -
First bycicle
1816 – The most likely originator of the bicycle is the German, Baron Karl von Drais, who rode his 1816 machine while collecting taxes from his tenants.