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Title Powered vehicles / by Reginald Carpenter ... [and others]
Published New York : Crown Publishers, 1974

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Description 240 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
Contents Introduction -- The age of sail -- From steam to nuclear power -- The dawn of steam traction -- Later locomotive development -- The horseless carriage -- The popularization of the car -- The conquest of the air -- From jet to space rocket
Summary The story of the growth of transportation in all its forms, land, sea and the air
Analysis Aeronautics - History
Cars (Automobiles) - History
Locomotives - History
Ships - History
Notes Ill. on lining papers
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 237-240
Subject Aeronautics -- History.
Automobiles -- History.
Locomotives -- History.
Ships -- History.
Author Carpenter, Reginald.
LC no. 74078656
ISBN 051751625X
9780517516256
Other Titles Powered vehicles : a historical review