Transportation By David UlloaRodriguez 181 181-234: The wheelbarrow is invented. Jan 30, 770 770: Iron horseshoes improve transportation by horse. Jun 10, 1492 Leonardo da Vinci first to seriously theorize about flying machines - with over 100 drawings that illustrated his theories on flight. Nov 19, 1620 1620: Cornelis Drebbel invented the first submarine - a human oared submersible. Mar 8, 1662 Blaise Pascal invents the first public bus - horse-drawn, regular route, schedule, and fare system. May 1, 1740 Jacques de Vaucanson demonstrates his clockwork powered carriage Nov 8, 1783 First practical steamboat demonstrated by Marquis Claude Francois de Jouffroy d'Abbans - a paddle wheel steamboat Mar 8, 1814 George Stephenson invents the first practical steam powered railroad locomotive Dec 20, 1862 Jean Lenoir makes a gasoline engine automobile Mar 8, 1981 Space shuttle launched