Download or read book Weird Transportation Inventions written by Kate Light and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People don't often think about how they get from one place to another, but somewhere along the line, someone spent a lot of time coming up with the idea for that car, train, or bus. For all the modes of transportation we see and use every day, there are countless others that are less common or didn't take off. Some of these ideas may be hard to believe, but imaginative readers will get to take a ride on these offbeat inventions that, at least at one point in time, actually existed.
Download or read book Weird Transportation Inventions written by Kate Light and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People don't often think about how they get from one place to another, but somewhere along the line, someone spent a lot of time coming up with the idea for that car, train, or bus. For all the modes of transportation we see and use every day, there are countless others that are less common or didn't take off. Some of these ideas may be hard to believe, but imaginative readers will get to take a ride on these offbeat inventions that, at least at one point in time, actually existed.
Download or read book Genius Transportation Inventions written by Matt Turner and published by Hungry Tomato ®. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bicycles were only invented about two hundred years ago—and the first ones didn't have tires or brakes! But bikes aren't the only way we've tried to conquer the roads, seas, and skies. You'll discover how slow the earliest steam locomotives were, how Leonardo da Vinci designed a flying machine inspired by bats and birds, how the US Department of Defense invented GPS, and more! Fact-packed text and fun illustrations reveal the designs that didn't get off the ground (like nuclear cars and flying submarines) and daredevil ideas (like jetpacks). Chart the progress of transportation, from chariots and dugout canoes to bullet trains and spacecraft.
Download or read book Transportation Inventions written by Robert Walker and published by Inventions That Shaped the Wor. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title explores the ground-breaking modes of transport that have helped define the modern age. From Ford's Model T car to Japan's bullet trains, students will travel along and learn about what has driven our world
Download or read book Terrific Transportation Inventions written by Laura Hamilton Waxman and published by Lerner Digital ™. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Did you know that the world's first submarine traveled the Thames River in England way back in 1615? Or that early cars had three wheels instead of four? Get ready to learn the fascinating stories behind inventions you use every day. From the motorcycle inventor who died while riding his creation to the engineers who figured out a better way to launch humans into space, you'll find out how we got the transportation inventions that get us where we're going.
Download or read book The History of Transportation written by Judith Herbst and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2005-07-11 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes inventions that have revolutionized travel, including wheels, sails, steam engines, internal combustion engines, and airplanes.
Download or read book Great Discoveries and Inventions that Improved Transportation written by Antonio Casanellas and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the evolution of land, sea, and air transportation including high-speed trains, submarines, and supersonic airplanes; includes instructions for science experiments relating to these vehicles.
Download or read book The History of Transportation written by Chris Oxlade and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that the wheel was invented in prehistoric times, in about 3500 B.C.? Now we can travel between towns and cities in super-fast trains, in fast cars, and halfway around the world in a day in airplanes. From dugout canoes from 10,000 years ago right through to modern-day driverless cars, this book charts the amazing history of transportation.
Download or read book The Future of Transportation written by Alicia Z. Klepeis and published by Capstone Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human transportation has come a long way since the invention of the wheel. Vehicles of all sorts have us speeding across land, through water, and in the skies. What might be next? From self-driving cars to jet packs, readers will discover exciting new ways they may get around in the future.
Download or read book Transport Curiosities 1850 1950 written by John Wade and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2022-04-21 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the years many weird and wonderful types of transport have come and gone, some of which succeeded against all odds, others that spectacularly failed, and some that never got beyond a designer’s drawing board. Railway engines driven by horses, for example. Or maybe the surprising number of cars, boats and trains driven by aeroplane propellers. In this book you will find cars that flew, cars that floated on water and boats that ran on roads; steam-powered aeroplanes, electric submarines, railways driven by pneumatic air, aircraft with flapping wings... and a whole lot more. If you are a person who would like to have flown in an airship, or travelled in a train whose carriage sat on stilts above the sea with its tracks below the water, or dreamed of riding on a London to New York railway that took twelve days to travel the long way around the world, or maybe just fancied fixing your bicycle to a railway track, then this book is for you.
Download or read book Transportation Technology written by Wendy Hinote Lanier and published by Designed by Nature. This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The noses of bullet trains in Japan are shaped like kingfisher beaks. They help the train move both quietly and efficiently when traveling at high speeds. Find out more in Transportation Technology, a title in the Designed by Nature series. These books examine how people are inspired by solutions already found in nature when creating new forms of technology to solve their problems. Each title features detailed, informative text, colorful photographs and maps, and a timeline detailing major milestones in the history of each form of technology. Designed by Nature is a series of AV2 media enhanced books. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. These books come alive with video, audio, weblinks, slideshows, activities, hands-on experiments, and much more. Book jacket.
Download or read book Inventors of Transportation Technology written by Heather S. Morrison and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today to many people driving a car is as essential as eating. Transportation has come a long way since its origins, but through the decades there have been significant advances in transportation technology. From the bicycle to the hybrid car, this book traces the most important transportation inventors and the inventions that made society what it is today.
Download or read book The History of Transport written by Chris Oxlade and published by Raintree. This book was released on 2018 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that the wheel was invented in prehistoric times, in about 3500 B.C.' Now we can travel between towns and cities in super-fast trains, in fast cars, and halfway around the world in a day in airplanes. From dugout canoes from 10,000 years ago right through to modern-day driverless cars, this book charts the amazing history of transportation.
Download or read book Transportation Inventors written by Rebecca Phillips-Bartlett and published by Brilliant People, Big Ideas. This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We travel all the time. But traveling in the past wasn't as easy as it was today. From bike to airplanes, who do we have to thank for these amazing moving inventions? Follow along with engaging illustrations, captivating photos, and fun text to learn all about the scientists and inventors who were brilliant people with big ideas"--
Download or read book Transportation Inspired by Nature written by Mary Boone and published by Pebble. This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How have bats and cheetahs inspired new modes of transportation? Learn about some of the best new modes of transportation that have been inspired by the outside world. Each full-color spread details one invention and how it has been inspired by nature. Text is directly connected to Next Generation Science Standard 1-LS1-1 and can be used for STEM and STEAM initiatives.
Download or read book Fun Food Inventions written by Nadia Higgins and published by Lerner Publications ™. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know what happened when a kid forgot his glass of soda with a stir stick in it outside on a freezing cold night? Popsicles were invented! And did you know ancient people loved to chew on gum, just like we do? Get ready to learn the strange stories behind inventions you use every day. From the guy who thought white-flour snacks were evil so he invented graham crackers to the evolution of ketchup, you'll be amazed how we got the food inventions we enjoy today.
Download or read book F and G Transportation Inventions written by Sandra Will and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Transportation Inventions: From Subways to Submarines, children will participate in a guessing game as they learn how transportation technology changed society. Written in a fun question-and-answer format, Transportation Inventions pairs two related inventions on a single page, and then asks which came first before revealing the answer on the following spread. A chart along each spread allows kids to track their responses.
