Rome engineers a Mediterranean world
Roads, aqueducts, concrete, sewers and standardized coinage: Rome's infrastructure ran from Britain to Syria, engineered to a shared specification.
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The railways bind distance to a timetable
The Stockton & Darlington ran in 1825; by 1830 the Liverpool & Manchester — won by Stephenson's Rocket at Rainhill — showed steam rail as a business.
Benz drives the first automobile
Karl Benz's Patent-Motorwagen, then Bertha Benz's long-distance drive, proved a self-propelled road vehicle could work — and sell.
The Wright Flyer leaves the ground
Orville and Wilbur Wright flew a powered, controlled, sustained heavier-than-air machine for twelve seconds at Kitty Hawk.
Chronology
Rome engineers a Mediterranean world
Roads, aqueducts, concrete, sewers and standardized coinage: Rome's infrastructure ran from Britain to Syria, engineered to a shared specification.
The railways bind distance to a timetable
The Stockton & Darlington ran in 1825; by 1830 the Liverpool & Manchester — won by Stephenson's Rocket at Rainhill — showed steam rail as a business.
Benz drives the first automobile
Karl Benz's Patent-Motorwagen, then Bertha Benz's long-distance drive, proved a self-propelled road vehicle could work — and sell.
The Wright Flyer leaves the ground
Orville and Wilbur Wright flew a powered, controlled, sustained heavier-than-air machine for twelve seconds at Kitty Hawk.