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wheel barrol

181

181 -234 The wheel barrel was invented.The first man who designed the wheelbarrow must have been a daring mechanical engineer, as the length and pitch (height, degree, strength, and so on) of the shaft (a kind of axle), as well as the height of the supporting shank, could vary greatly from one place to another, or even from one designer to another.

horses

200

2000 BC Horses are domesticated and used for transportation.Equine scientists have studied the best way to train show horses, the best way to feed racehorses, the best way to heal the delicate bones in a lame horse's feet. But in contrast to the behaviors of wild chimpanzees, whales and elephants, among other species, the natural ways of horses have rarely garnered scientific interest.

wheels on carts

300

3000 BC Fixed wheels on carts are invented - the first wheeled vehicles in history. Other early wheeled vehicles include the chariot.Wooden pegs were used to fix the sledge, so that when it rested on the rollers it did not move, but allowed the axle to turn in-between the pegs, the axle and wheels now created all the movement.These were the first carts.
Improvements to the cart were made. The pegs were replaced with holes carved into the cart frame, the axle was placed through the hole.

shoes

Feb 6, 770

770 Iron horseshoes improve transportation by horse.It is unknown who invented the first horseshoe. Early Asian horsemen used horse booties made from leather and plants. During the first century, the Romans made leather and metal shoes called "hipposandals". By the 6th and 7th centuries, European horsemen had begun nailing metal shoes to horses' hooves. Around 1000 AD, cast bronze horseshoes with nail holes had became common in Europe. The 13th and 14th centuries brought the widespread manufactu

first hypothizizng flier

Jan 7, 1492

1492 Leonardo da Vinci first to seriously theorize about flying machines with over 100 drawings that illustrated his theories on flight.One of da Vinci’s most famous inventions, the flying machine (also known as the "ornithopter") ideally displays his powers of observation and imagination, as well as his enthusiasm for the potential of flight. The design for this invention is clearly inspired by the flight of winged animals, which da Vinci hoped to replicate. In fact, in his notes, he mentions b

subs

Apr 6, 1620

1620 Cornelis Drebbel invented the first submarine - a human oared submersible.The first serious discussion of a "submarine" (a craft designed to be navigated underwater) appeared in 1578 from the pen of William Bourne, a British mathematician and writer on naval subjects. Bourne proposed a completely enclosed boat that could be submerged and rowed underwater. It consisted of a wooden frame covered with waterproof leather; it was to be submerged by reducing its volume by contracting the sides th

public bus

Mar 18, 1662

1662 Blasie Pascal invents the first public bus - horse-drawn, regular route, schedule, and fare system. The system started with seven horse-drawn vehicles running along regular routes. Each coach could carry six or eight passengers. Some sources specify three routes; others say there were six, and that one of them was a circular route.

clockwork carrige

Mar 7, 1740

Jacques de Vaucanson demonstrates his clockwork powered carriage.This carriage invented by Jacques de Vaucanson propelled by a large clockwork engine. Significance of this invention was what it led too. Finding out about this clockwork powered engine inspired people tod o more. So after this carriage invention, more immaculate inventions came up, such as the steam engine.

full of hot air

Apr 5, 1783

The Montgolfier brothers invent the first hot air balloons.Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, also called the Montgolfier brothers Balaruc-les-Bains; born , French brothers who were pioneer developers of the hot-air balloon and who conducted the first untethered flights. Modifications and improvements of the basic Montgolfier design were incorporated in the construction of larger balloons that, in later years, opened the way to exploration of the upper atmosphere.

steam boats

Jul 15, 1783

First practical steamboat demonstrated by Marquis Claude Francois de Jouffroy d'Abbans - a paddle wheel steamboat Claude-François-Dorothée de Jouffroy, the Marquis d’Abbans, was serving in the infantry in 1772 when multiple infractions of military discipline sent him to the prison near Cannes. While watching convicts rowing galleys there, he began speculating on how the newfangled steam engine could power boats.