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Travelling in the past

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  • What incident happened during the first passenger trip on the early railway system?
    During the first passenger trip on the early railway system, the train began to fall off the tracks due to insufficient track strength.
  • What is the challenge for the twenty-first century in transportation?
    The challenge for the twenty-first century in transportation is transport in space.
  • What significant transportation developments occurred in the twentieth century?
    Significant transportation developments in the twentieth century included the petrol-driven car, the aeroplane, hydrofoil, and hovercraft.
  • How did the hot air balloon work?
    The hot air balloon worked by heating air inside it, making it rise.
  • When was the first Moon landing and what followed after it?
    The first Moon landing was in 1969
  • When was the wheel invented?
    The wheel was invented around 3500 BC
  • Who is credited with creating the first bicycle with pedals, and when did this occur?
    The first bicycle with pedals was created by Kirkpatrick Macmillan around 1840.
  • How fast can a horse run?
    A horse can run at about fifty-five kilometers an hour.
  • What animal was the fastest and most popular means of transport for many centuries until the end of the eighteenth century?
    The horse was the fastest and most popular means of transport
  • Who developed the first vehicle with an engine to run on tracks, and when did this occur?
    The first vehicle with an engine to run on tracks was developed by Richard Trevithick in 1803.
  • What major invention in 1903 changed transportation?
    The major invention in 1903 that changed transportation was the aeroplane, invented by the Wright brothers.
  • What event occurred during the first flight of the hot-air balloon, and how was it resolved?
    During the first flight of the hot-air balloon, the balloon caught fire, but the passengers managed to extinguish the flames and land safely.
  • When was the space shuttle invented?
    1981
  • What were some early methods humans used to travel faster and further than on foot?
    skis and later, carts.
  • What kind of car was invented in 1885?
    A petrol-driven car was invented in 1885
  • When and where did early humans likely first use skis as a means of transport?
    in northern countries before 3000 BC.
  • Who invented the hot-air balloon, and when did its first free flight take place?
    Montgolfier brothers, with its first free flight occurring in 1783.
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