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Monday, November 4, 2013

Research and pictures link


Cars: 

Picture 1: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/08/03 article-2383876-0006C18E00000C1D-330_634x469.jpg

Picture 2: http://the-gadgeteer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ford01.jpg

Tram Cars: 

Picture 3: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKreCrXlmBQBWNAokJpu2djJMDjz51ClLRmlk8kBUYGCOhRUPxJzw6MY3xSRSuDePeuPEbjv7p6-XdOOVgVOzj8hs3qHkLVMvTJvbTUMZLTAiiC0EZGY6_dz5kAoVeACywvx4NIIF2M_TA/s1600/Jpeg.jpg

Picture 4: http://www.vttu.by/imagesUpload/0018_.jpg

Steam Locomotive: 

Picture 5:'http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Steam_locomotive_shay.jpg

Picture 6: http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00450/Steam_Locomotivepix.jpg

Trains: 

Picture 7: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Santa_Fe_FT_locomotive_1941.JPG

Picture 8: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/MexicoRevolutionRail.jpg

Steamboat:

Picture 9: http://www.bloomberg.com/image/i_J9GyL3Z30k.jpg

Picture 10: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/19/article-2176129-1421D25C000005DC-815_964x729.jpg

Steamship: 

Picture 11: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Princess_Sophia_(steamship)_ca_1912).jpg

Picture 12: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYxk51sbATKDQvdX7JOn6dGJauCj8_QSPpIyza_fWhUmBw9tElfB3rbt4My97iSuIW6muyKf4oUjqxwgoyfu8bQLstfKhCl8QcpRuocM_zJTx2wXRnCWsz5a47IE9tKhjQ_apbYlbX7A/s1600/Photo-08-Steamship-CityOfBaltimore-500.jpg

Submarine: 

Picture 13: http://blog.totaleclipsegames.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/TCM2-Journal.jpg

Picture 14: http://images.gizmag.com/hero/3715_01.jpg

Hot Air Ballon, Ballon Ship, Air Plane

Picture 15: http://images.wisegeek.com/early-airship-illustration.jpg


Research:

  • http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112389/history_of_cars.htm) 
  • (http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112389/history_of_cars.htm)
  • (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_effects_did_the_steam_locomotive_have_on_society#1)
  • (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_the_railroads_affect_the_west#page1)
  • (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_the_invention_of_the_telephone_affect_people_today#page1) 
  • (http://www.ehow.com/info_8558537_effects-steamboats-industrial-revolution.html)
  • (http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112389/submarines.htm)
  • (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_impact_of_the_hot_air_balloon#page2)(http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_airplanes_affect_humans) 
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_transportation_change_during_the_Industrial_Revolution#page1)
(http://www.industrialrevolutionresearch.com/industrial_revolution_transportation.php)

Main idea

Major idea:  How does the transportation affected people during Industrial Revolution 

Transport during the Industrial Revolution changed very quickly, it went from walking to places to getting the train. The growth of travel increased as soon as things like trains were invented. These changes happened in stages, first of all the roads were improved, then canals were invented and finally Railways were developed. These things all had one thing in common; they shortened travel times over longer distances. The growth of the Industrial Revolution depended on the ability to transport raw materials and finished goods over long distances. There were three main types of transportation that increased during the Industrial Revolution: waterways, roads, and railroads. Transportation was important because people were starting to live in the West.(http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_transportation_change_during_the_Industrial_Revolution#page1)(http://www.industrialrevolutionresearch.com/industrial_revolution_transportation.php) 


Sunday, November 3, 2013

Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur


The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were two American brothers, inventors, and aviation pioneers who were credited[1][2][3] with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers)


The American brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright are considered the inventor of the airplane. They succeeded with a slider for the first time in gliding in excess of 100 meters. On 17 Launched in December 1903, the Wright Brothers on their first test flight with the airplane “Flyer” near Fund Hawk in the U.S. state of North Carolina on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The flight lasted 12 seconds, while they covered a distance of 53 meters. Wilbur Wright introduced in France on several height and distance records. He later founded the Wilbur Wright Company and trained pilots. The brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright impressed with their aircraft and their aircraft the beginnings of aviation in the world …
Wilbur Wright was the 16th son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton and Susan Wright on April 1867 in New Castle in the U.S. state Iniana. Orville Wright was born on 19 Dignified was born in 1871 in Daytona, Ohio.

http://www.findabout.net/wright-brothers.html

Joseph Montgolfier


Hot Air Ballon: Joseph Montgolfier and his younger bother Jacques, both who worked in the paper industry, would invent and launched the very first hot air balloon in 1783 in the City of Annonay, France. They were able to get this thing off the ground with nothing but hot air feeding it and keep it in the air for up to ten minutes long. A few months later, they would test the balloon again and put a duck, a sheep and a rooster in the carrying box of the balloon, and surprisingly they garnered an abundant amount of success.(http://invention.yukozimo.com/who-invented-hot-air-balloons/)


Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel


Submarine: Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel was the Dutch builder of the first navigable submarine in 1620. Drebbel was an innovator who contributed to the development of measurement and control systems, optics and chemistry.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_Drebbel)


Richard Trevithick


Trains: In 1804, the first steam powered train would be invented by a man named Richard Trevithick. About 10 years later, another man named George Stephenson would create what is known as the Blucher, the very first train of its kind meant for railway service.(http://invention.yukozimo.com/who-invented-the-train/)


George Stephenson

George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use steam locomotives, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway which opened in 1830. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stephenson)

Karl Benz

Karl Benz patented the three-wheeled Motor Car in 1886. It was the first true, modern automobile. Benz also patented his own throttle system, spark plugs, gear shifters, a water radiator, a carburetor and other fundamentals to the automobile. Benz eventually built a car company that still exists today as the Daimler Group.



 (http://www.livescience.com/37538-who-invented-the-car.html)

Friday, November 1, 2013

Motorcycle

























German, Gottlieb Daimler invented the first gas-engined motorcycle in 1885, which was an engine attached to a wooden bike. That marked the moment in history when the dual development of a viable gas-powered engine and the modern bicycle collide.


However, inventors such as William Harley and the Davidsons brothers continued to develop motorcycles and their business competitors were other new start-up companies such as Excelsior, Indian, Pierce, Merkel, Schickel and Thor. In 1903, William Harley and his friends Arthur and Walter Davidson launched the Harley-Davidson Motor Company. The bike had a quality engine, so it could prove itself in races, however, the company planned to manufacture it as a transport vehicle. Merchant, C. H. Lange, sold the first officially distributed Harley-Davidson in Chicago.
http://inventors.about.com/od/mstartinventions/a/motorcycle.htm

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Air Balloon

  
Using generated heat to capture rising air inside an envelope of material, the hot air balloon concept has fascinated scientists and speculators for centuries. Hot air balloons were one of the first methods of flight created by humans. Although their documented history is generally only begins in the 18th century, some evidence suggest that the balloons have been in the minds of humans for thousands of years.


Hot air balloons were the first successful attempt by humans to reach above our familiar surface.While the later aviation technology had little to do with the science behind hot air balloons, the dream of flight was given true possibility by their success. Balloon flights today are still accounted a wonder, with a consistent recurring image of beauty and serenity being a picture of hot air balloons scattered across a perfect sky.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-history-of-hot-air-balloons.htm

Car


    "Automobiles changed the world in the 20th Century. 
      They have given people the
      freedom to live, work, and travel almost anywhere they want. The automobile 
      industry has caused the suburbs to grow, and made the development of road and
      highway systems necessary. The manufacture, sale, and repair of automobiles are
     very important to the countries that produce large amounts of manufactured goods. But along with the advantages of automobiles, there have been
      disadvantages. Automobile accidents are a leading cause of death and injury in the
      world, and the automobile has brought about air and noise pollution. Despite the
      problems automobiles have caused, they are an important part of the culture and economy of the world."

http://www.damninteresting.com/the-last-great-steam-car/
(http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112389/history_of_cars.htm) 

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Airplanes




"It made the world "shrink" because people can not travel to and across places which
are previously inaccessible (e.g. airplanes can fly over mountains). Airplanes have also
significantly reduced the time needed to travel from one country/continent to another.
However, it also affected humans negatively because problems such as air and noise

pollution soon appeared."(http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_airplanes_affect_humans) 

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Train



"Railroads could transport cattle from the west, so farmers did not feel the need to move west. Which affected Western migration. Railroads played a key role. Trains carried natural resources from the west to eastern markets. Trains also brought miners, farmers, and ranchers to develop the land."(http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_the_railroads_affect_the_west#page1)

Canoes




 Canoes were developed over the course of thousands of years
by the native peoples of North America. The word 'canoe'
originiated from the word 'kenu' - meaning dugout. These seagoing
boats were used by the Carib Indians of the Caribbean islands, and were made of large tree
trunks which were shaped and hollowed, and were strong enough to travel between the islands.

  
North American Indians are responsible for creating the more
well-known version of the canoe - a frame of wooden ribs covered with
the lightweight bark of birch trees, and sometimes elm or cedar trees.
These boats, which have remained virtually unchanged in design for
thousands of years, proved to be ideal for travelling the numerous
streams, rivers and lakes of North America.
      Birchbark was the perfect choice to build canoes because, not only was it lightweight and smooth, but it was also waterproof and resilient. As well, the birch tree was found in almost every area of Canada, except for the western subarctic region, where spruce bark had to fill in as a substitute.
    The joints of the canoes were held together by the root of the white
pine and then made waterproof by applying hot pine or spruce resin.
    As the commerce of early North America grew, so did the need for
canoes. The fur trade became so large, in fact, that the French set up
the world's first known canoe factory at Trois-Rivieres, Quebec,
around the year 1750. Many of the canoes that fur traders used were
capable of carrying a crew of up to 12 people and a cargo weighing
around 2400 kilograms.



Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Steamboat


"It made it easier to carry large cargo long distances across the ocean faster."(http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_the_invention_of_the_telephone_affect_people_today#page1)

Railroad System


As industry expanded, so did the transportation network needed to move raw materials and finished products. Thousands of miles of canals and all-weather roads were built in the eighteenth century. The main innovation in transportation of the nineteenth century was the railroad. The railroads were driven by coal-burning, steam-power locomotives and provided quick, cheap transportation to places inaccessible by water. The construction of railroads created a demand for iron and for large numbers of workers and became a large industry in its own right. Unlike manufacturing, railroad networks usually involved a combination of private and public investment.


After 1830, Belgium, France, Switzerland, and Germany began to imitate the English industrialization process by introducing machinery into the production process, concentrating workers in factories, and beginning to build their transportation network. However, the industrialization process in the European continent differed from the British in a number of ways. First, the governments played a greater role providing capital as active partners in industrialization process. Governments built railroad systems, which facilitated the beginnings of industrialization. Second, the banks were also major partners in financing industry. Third, the development of the railroad system helped begin industrialization. It helped stimulate other industries to meet its needs by the markets it created.

http://wps.ablongman.com/long_levack_wc_1/43/11053/2829693.cw/

Friday, October 18, 2013

Submarines

"Submarines have helped us in many ways, from being an important part of wars to
delivering weapons. They have gone through many changes, growing from the size of 
a row boat to the length of five buses. Over the years, submarines have become an
important vessel for the Navy."


http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112389/submarines.htm


Steamships



"Efficiently transporting goods and products would not have been possible without
the steamboat. The steamboat's influence on the marketplace is apparent in modern
society. Self-sufficiency decreased as steamboat transportation increased
commercial trading capabilities. The advent of the steamboat increased
dependency on manufactured goods, and personal financial well-being then became
more dependent on market forces."


(http://www.ehow.com/info_8558537_effects-steamboats-industrial-revolution.html)



Canals


With the coming of industrialisation, a transportation network linking the coalfields, the supply chain and the distribution routes to the factories needed to be established. This could be by horse and cart, but this was only really practical for shorter distances. The country’s rivers (and coastal routes) were traditionally used as a means of transportation, and these waterways were made navigable, by straightening, clearing of obstructions and the construction of locks, all of which required the passing of legislation (with the inevitable local opposition) before work could begin. 

Ironically, it was the industrial areas of Lancashire and the Midlands which were least served by the river network. The answer was to bring the rivers to them with the construction of man-made water channels, known as canals. One of the first of these new canals was the Sankey Brook Navigation which opened in 1757, linking the coalfields of Lancashire to the city of Liverpool and the River Mersey. It was originally intended to straighten the existing brook; however it proved much more practical to build a man-made cut running beside it.

The construction of more canals followed, particularly as the coal supplied through them undercut the opposition. The Bridgewater Canal, linking Runcorn, Leigh and Manchester was completed in 1761. This involved the construction of a viaduct over the River Irwell – the first of its kind.

The age of the canal had truly arrived, and the closing decades of the 18th century saw the canal network expanding, so that cities, industrial areas and ports were linked through a system of waterways, serving the demands of the new industrialised nation. 

By 1830 the country had over 4000 miles of navigable waterways, and this together with the road network, provided the backbone of the inland transportation system. However both were soon to have stiff competition with the coming of the railways.

http://ftfmagazine.lewcock.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=194&catid=46

Locomotive


"Rapid transportation allowed people and perishable goods to move in and out of vast distances, allowing for the mass settlement of western states and territories in the
US."(http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_effects_did_the_steam_locomotive_have_on_society#page1)


Horses in the Industrial Revolution






The roads also improved immensely during this time period. Previously, people traveled using animals or by foot, but there were many problems with the conditions of the roads. In 1751, turnpikes were created for easier transportation, especially for the horse-drawn wagons. John Loudon McAdam made "macadam" road surfaces which consisted of crushed rock in thin layers. Thomas Telford made new foundations in roads with large flat stones. Soon after, roads across America were improved based on these techniques. The closest to trains were horses, commonly used to pull freight cars along rails.
(http://www.industrialrevolutionresearch.com/industrial_revolution_transportation.php)