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Iron horseshoes improve transportation by horse
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Cornelis Drebbel invented the first submarine - an human oared submersible
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Blaise Pascal invents the first public bus - horse-drawn, regular route, schedule, and fare system
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Fixed wheels on carts are invented - the first wheeled vehicles in history. Other early wheeled vehicles include the chariot.
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Jacques de Vaucanson demonstrates his clockwork powered carriage
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First self-propelled road vehicle invented by Nicolas Joseph Cugnot
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The Montgolfier brothers invent the first hot air balloons
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Modern bicycles invented
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Isaac de Rivas makes a hydrogen gas powered vehicle - first with internal combustion power - however, very unsuccessful design
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Jean Lenoir makes a gasoline engine automobile
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George Westinghouse invents the compressed air locomotive brake - enabled trains to be stopped with fail-safe accuracy
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First cable car invented
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Ferdinand von Zeppelin invents the first successful dirigible - the Zeppelin
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The Wright Brothers invent and fly the first engined airplane
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First liquid propelled rocket launched
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Modern helicopters invented
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First supersonic jet flight
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First manned mission (Apollo) to the Moon
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The wheelbarrow is invented.
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River boats are invented - ships with oars
