Williams, Harriet.
Road and rail transportation / Harriet Williams. - New York : Facts on File, c2004. - 96 p. : col. ill ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Without wheels - Inventing the wheel - Horse power - Building roads - Pedal power - The first trains - The age of steam - Modern railroads - High-speed trains - The first cars - How cars work - On track and off road - Car of the future - Time line - GLossary - Further resources - Index.
Examines the history of transportation around the world, from prehistoric times when there were not only no wheels but no shoes, to electric, hybrid cars, and the Global Positioning System.
0816054371
Roads--History.
Roads--History--Pictorial works.
Railroads--History.
Railroads--History--Pictorial works.
Transportation--History.
388 / WIL
Road and rail transportation / Harriet Williams. - New York : Facts on File, c2004. - 96 p. : col. ill ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Without wheels - Inventing the wheel - Horse power - Building roads - Pedal power - The first trains - The age of steam - Modern railroads - High-speed trains - The first cars - How cars work - On track and off road - Car of the future - Time line - GLossary - Further resources - Index.
Examines the history of transportation around the world, from prehistoric times when there were not only no wheels but no shoes, to electric, hybrid cars, and the Global Positioning System.
0816054371
Roads--History.
Roads--History--Pictorial works.
Railroads--History.
Railroads--History--Pictorial works.
Transportation--History.
388 / WIL