History of technology: technology and transport: the new invention

"Half an hour several members of the Reform came in and drew up to the fireplace, where a coal fire was steadily burning."

The coal was know since ancient times, spread mainly in the middle ages for heating and for melting metals.

In the nineteenth century, created the first internal combustion engines used in maritime transport and rail transport.

Regarding rail trasport we adopt steam power to tow wagons with peole or goods.

The first locomotive was invented by Richard Trevithick in february 1804.But the first locomotive truly effective was the Rocket in 1829 by George Stephenson and your son Robert; it reached a speed of 56 km/h.

A characteristic of the locomotives were the wheels a greater radius for transport people and less radius for trasport merchandise.

The invention of the locomotive was very important discovery to worldwide in trasportation reducing travell time from place to place.

Here depicted the first locomotive in stamps of varius parts of the world:

Stamp Poland locomotive trevithick 1803

stamps of Hungary locomotive

Stamp of Romania locomotive Trevithick 1803

Stamp of Australia lomotive Trevithick 1803

Stamp of german locomotive Trevithick 1803

Here a song for inspired by the locomotive call Pacif 231

Regarding maritime transport has very ancient origins, begin when the first civilizations are established along the rivers,using trunks of trees began to build the first rudimentary boats calls rafts.

Each population had a different way to build the rafts, let's see some examples:

Raft produced in Kenya

Raft produced in Haiti

Raft produced in brasil

Shortly after with the completion the tools, they began to build crafts more accurate calls Canoe.

An important innovation was the discovery of the sail around 2700 a.c.

Here are some examples:

canoe produced in thailandia

canoe produced in Dahomey

Canoe produced in Madagascar

canoe proced in Ceylon

canoe produced in Equador

canoe produced in Hawaii

canoe produced in brasil

With the refinament of techniques were build boats increasingly large for example:
-those of the Egyptians to navigate in the Nilo

boat Egyptian

-those of the Phoenician

boat phoenician

and then Greek

boat greek

an example of boats taken by De machinis e de ingeneis di mariano di jacono il taccola which show us a boat that goes up the current with the help of rope and blades.

picture of de machinis e de ingeneis (1419-1449)

You will improve until construction of Caravell,

Caravell

galleons

galleon

very big ship for travell overseas.
In XIX century the invention of mechanical propulsion,brought great changes with born of boats as:
-Clipper

Clipper

-Brig

Brig

and steam ship wheel.

steam ship wheel

After the first world war spread the use of the internal combustion engine and born the first motorships(ships driven by one or more engines internal combustion).