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The invention of wheels were added to carts that transported people, goods, etc.
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Boats designed to be used on the river were invented to also transport people, goods, etc.
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Horses were now coming into view in 2000BC to be used for various reasons. One reason is to pull carts.
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Dutch inventor, Cornelis Drebbel, invented the submarine that allowed humans to travel underwater.
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French inventor, Blaise Pascal, invented public transportation in France which obviously drifted into many other parts of the world.
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Turnpike roads are privately owned roads that people had to pay the owner(s) to use.
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French inventor, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, was the first man to invent a vehicle that can be operated (driven) by man himself.
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French Inventor, Marquis Claude de Jouffrey d'Abbans, claimed to have invented the first steamboat.
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Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, known as the Montgolfier Brothers, are the inventors of the first hot air balloon.
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It is predicted by some historians that French inventor, Pierre Lallement, was the man who invented the first bicycle.
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The use of the ambulance was created in Europe to help injured soldiers during the wars between Napoleon and his enemies.
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American engineer, Robert Fulton, was the man to invent the first steamboat that transported passengers regularly.
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English engineer, George Stephenson, invented the first steamed powered railroad locomotive that worked.
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Scottish inventor, Robert Anderson, is the man who invented the first electric car.
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Scottish inventor, Robert Anderson, is the man who invented the first electric car. Electric cars are still used today.
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French inventor, Jean-Joseph-Étienne Lenoir, invented the first gas operated vehicle which is still in affect today although there have been many technological advances for vehicles.
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British inventor, Andrew Smith Hallidie, was the man who invented the first cable car which is still in operation today - especially San Francisco, California.
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German engineer, Gottlieb Daimler, invented the first motorcycle in 1885.
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German inventor, Rudolf Diesel, invented the first diesel engine. Diesel engines are still used in many cars today.
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The invention of the modern helicopter was the upgrade from the first failed helicopter that was invented in 1907. Helicopters are still in use today.
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Swedish inventor, Nils Bohlin, invented the seatbelt in 1959. The seatbelt is still used 58 years later and more years to come.
