PRESENTATION OUTLINE
TRANSPORTATION INVENTIONS FROM 1850-1910
Non-rigid air ship by Henri Giffard
1852
Elevator brakes by Elisha Graves Otis
1853
Manned glider by George Cayley
1853
Internal combustion engine by Jean Lenoir
1859
Pullman sleeper car by George Pullman
1865
Steam engine velocipede by Louis-Guillaume Perreaux
1868
Traffic light by J. P. Knight
1868
Air brake by George Westinghouse
1869
High-wheeled bicycle by James Starley
1871
Liquid-feulled internal combustion engine by George Brayton
1872
Four-stroke-internal-engine by Nikolaus August Otto
1876
Automobile by Karl Friedrich Benz
1885
Motorcycle by Gottlieb Daimler
1885
Four-wheeled vehicle by Gottlieb Daimler
1886
Escalator by Jesse W. Reno and Charles Seeberger
1892
Diesel Engine by Rudolf Diesel
1894
Carborundum by Edward Goodrich Acheson
1896
Rigid airship with a metalic frame by Ferdinand von Zeppelin
1900
Airplane by the Wright brothers
1903
Assembly line by Henry Ford
1913
I believe that the most important invention for transportation is the airplane. To this day there isn't a single mode of transportation more efficient at transporting people long distances in a short period of time. Thanks to this invention, people and goods can be transported around the world at incredible speeds. Airplanes provide people the opportunity to travel across land and sea which no other vehicle can do. With advancements in technology, the abaility to carry more people for longer distances is continuing to improve. This was only possible because of the Wright Brothers' invention.
