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Engineer and pilot Perry Nelson is killed in a car accident in 1939 and wakes up in another body in 2086. Heinlein could not find a publisher for this, his first book, written in 1938-39, during his lifetime. Many themes of his later writings are here in embryonic form. 2004–2005 Warcraft: War of the Ancients Trilogy: Richard A. Knaak
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The next major development came in 1712 when "the veryingenious Mr Thomas Newcomen" (as his friends called him) built a massivemachine for pumping rainwater out of coal mines. It was based arounda huge 2-m (7-ft) high metal cylinder with a piston inside thatcould move up and down like the plunger in a bicyclepump. Every so often, steam from a boile...
A car is like a cart with a built-in horse—a horse-lesscarriage that doesn't eat grass, wear shoes, or leave a steaming pile of muckwherever it goes. The engineers who set out to make the first carshad a big problem on their hands: how to squeeze the power of agalloping horse into a small, reliable engine. This tricky problem taxed the best minds o...
By the start of the 20th century, gasoline-engined cars were fast,reliable, and exciting. They were also stupidly expensive. In 1893, Karl Benz's simple, Viktoriacar had a price tag of £9000 (about £50,000today) and hardly anyone could afford one—he sold just 45. Car makers stuck with big, expensive cars,so customers stuck with their horses and car...
Contact is a 1985 hard science fiction novel by American scientist Carl Sagan. It deals with the theme of contact between humanity and a more technologically advanced extraterrestrial life form. It ranked No. 7 on the 1985 U.S. bestseller list.
- Carl Sagan
- 1985
Sep 27, 2013 · The Life of the Automobile is the first comprehensive world history of the car. The automobile has arguably shaped the modern era more profoundly than any other human invention, and author Steven Parissien examines the impact, development, and significance of the automobile over its turbulent and colorful 130-year history. Readers learn the ...
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- Steven Parissien
- Mary Bellis
- Internal Combustion Engine: The Heart of the Automobile. An internal combustion engine is an engine that uses the explosive combustion of fuel to push a piston within a cylinder — the piston's movement turns a crankshaft that then turns the car wheels via a chain or a drive shaft.
- The Importance of Nicolaus Otto. One of the most important landmarks in engine design comes from Nicolaus August Otto who in 1876 invented an effective gas motor engine.
- Karl Benz. In 1885, German mechanical engineer, Karl Benz designed and built the world's first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine.
- Gottlieb Daimler. In 1885, Gottlieb Daimler (together with his design partner Wilhelm Maybach) took Otto's internal combustion engine a step further and patented what is generally recognized as the prototype of the modern gas engine.
Cosmos is a popular science book written by astronomer and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sagan. It was published in 1980 as a companion piece to the PBS mini-series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage with which it was co-developed and intended to complement.
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Nov 19, 2019 · The history of the automobile is very rich and dates back to the 15th century when Leonardo da Vinci was creating designs and models for transport vehicles. Das erste praktisch brauchbare automobil der welt, das Benz-Dreirad von 1885. Photograph shows the Benz three-wheeler, made in 1885.
