Introduction By the year 2010, there were only one billion cars globally. Transportation for humans began with walking. After the domestication of animals donkeys, camels, and horses were used for transportation. Animals and the invention of the wheel led to carriages which then led to trains. Since then, transportation has evolved with new technology which has created cars, ships, and flight. Through years of development, transportation has greatly affected life. As the world continues to innovate, transportation will continue to have major impacts on the world in the near and far future.
Threshold 3 Transportation has been important throughout time as it can be traced far into the past, all the way back to new chemical elements. Important …show more content…
Collective learning played a considerable role during this time as transportation moved to the skies. The invention of the track and wheel that would eventually support the steam locomotive was invented by William Jessup. Jessup created wagons with flanged wheels that gripped onto rails (Transport Innovations: A Guide to the Industrial Revolution). Some people have argued that the most important factor to making the United States industrialized and the “development of the modern United States was the growth of its railroads” (Edwards). People have also said Newcomen’s steam engine and Watt’s improvements to the steam engine “changed the world forever” (Transport Innovations: A Guide to the Industrial Revolution). Goldilocks Conditions such as new lands and a new life in the Western part of the United States forced railroads to be made and be put into use. Railroads were extremely important to transporting people and goods to the West. Another important invention was the car which the first were made in 1885 and 1886 by Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler. In addition to this invention, in 1959 Nils Bohlin developed the three point seatbelt (Lambert). Collective learning was important to the inventions of cars as people helped each other and came up with more ideas for cars. People would not have been able to come up with a perfect working car all on their own so quickly. There were also many inventions that led to the creation of airplanes. The first hot air balloon was created in France by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783 (Lambert). Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin created the zeppelin “to contribute to his country’s military strength” (Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin). The next invention was the Wright Flyer which became the first “powered, heavier than air machine to achieve controlled sustained flight with a pilot aboard” in December, 1903 (The Wright Brothers). This all led up to the first
Threshold 3 Transportation has been important throughout time as it can be traced far into the past, all the way back to new chemical elements. Important …show more content…
Collective learning played a considerable role during this time as transportation moved to the skies. The invention of the track and wheel that would eventually support the steam locomotive was invented by William Jessup. Jessup created wagons with flanged wheels that gripped onto rails (Transport Innovations: A Guide to the Industrial Revolution). Some people have argued that the most important factor to making the United States industrialized and the “development of the modern United States was the growth of its railroads” (Edwards). People have also said Newcomen’s steam engine and Watt’s improvements to the steam engine “changed the world forever” (Transport Innovations: A Guide to the Industrial Revolution). Goldilocks Conditions such as new lands and a new life in the Western part of the United States forced railroads to be made and be put into use. Railroads were extremely important to transporting people and goods to the West. Another important invention was the car which the first were made in 1885 and 1886 by Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler. In addition to this invention, in 1959 Nils Bohlin developed the three point seatbelt (Lambert). Collective learning was important to the inventions of cars as people helped each other and came up with more ideas for cars. People would not have been able to come up with a perfect working car all on their own so quickly. There were also many inventions that led to the creation of airplanes. The first hot air balloon was created in France by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783 (Lambert). Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin created the zeppelin “to contribute to his country’s military strength” (Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin). The next invention was the Wright Flyer which became the first “powered, heavier than air machine to achieve controlled sustained flight with a pilot aboard” in December, 1903 (The Wright Brothers). This all led up to the first