Transportation inventions
Subtitle: moving our world forward
By: Robert Walker
Series: Inventions that shaped the modern world; Inventions that shaped the modern world
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780778702238; 9780778702405; 9781427194268; 9781427194220
Subjects: Transportation; Ouvrages pour la jeunesse; Technological innovations; Juvenile literature; Transport; Innovations
Description: "This exciting title explores the groundbreaking modes of transportation that have helped define the modern age. From Henry Ford's Model T car to the bullet trains of Japan, students will travel along and learn about the monumental successes--and failures--that have driven our world ahead"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: What is transportation; title: On the road; title: Steam and rail; title: The automobile; title: Water: above and below; title: Up in the air; title: Transportation: today and tomorrow.