This document lists various transportation inventions throughout history along with their inventors and approximate dates: - The chariot was invented by Egyptians as early as 3000BC, while the wheel was invented by Mesopotamian people around 3500BC. - Early inventions included the wheelchair around 1595, the stroller in 1733, and the steam wagon in 1769. - Important 18th and 19th century inventions were the hot air balloon in 1783, steam boat in 1787, steam engine train in 1804, and the bicycle or "hobby horse" in 1817.

2. Chariot 3000BC
Inventor: Egyptians
Wheel 3500BC
Inventor: People of Mesopotamia

3. Wheelchair (Invalid Chair) 1595
Inventor: UNKNOWN
(First owned by Philip I)
Stroller 1733
Inventor: William Kent

4. Turtle Submarine 1775
Inventor: David Bushnell
Inventor: Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
Steam Wagon 1769

5. Inventor: John Fitch
Steam Boat 1787
Hot Air Balloon (Aerostat
Reveillon) 1783
Inventor: Pilatre De Rozier

6. Inventor: Richard Trevithick
Steam Engine Train 1804
Inventor: Karl Drais
Hobby Horse (Bicycle) 1817

7. Inventor: Henri Giffard
Airship 1852
Inventor: Elisha Otis
Elevator 1853

8. Inventor: Sylvester Howard Roper
Motorcycle 1867
Inventor: Jesse Reno
Escalator 1892

9. Inventor: Wright’s Brothers
(Ludwig and Robert Nobel)
1903 First Flight
Inventor: Paul Corno/Igor
Sikorsky
Helicopter 1907/1940

10. Inventor: Not fully stated, British
Government
British Mark I Tank 1916
Inventor: Hideo Shima
Bullet Train 1946

11. Inventor: University of
Plymouth
Segway 2001
Inventor: Christopher Cockerell
Hover Craft 1956

12. Sources:
http://funride.hubpages.com/hub/WOOD_MADE_BICYCLES
http://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-technology/revolutionary-
invention-wheel-001713
http://www.ancient.eu/chariot/
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/helicopters_and_igor_sikorsky.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/nonflash_tank.shtml
http://blog.oup.com/2013/09/first-tanks-battle-somme-1916/
http://www.artinaid.com/2013/04/what-is-transportation/
http://www.livescience.com/44765-who-invented-the-bicycle.html
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bljohnfitch.htm
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blescalator.htm
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blhovercraft.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segway_PT#Early_history_and_pre-
release_marketing
http://www.ask.com/history/invented-bullet-train-8efdbc88862cdcba
http://inventors.about.com/od/wstartinventions/a/wheelchair.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_transport
http://www.submarine-history.com/NOVAone.htm
http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventions/a/Elevator.htm