Macmillan Encyclopedia of Transportation

by Durbin, Enoch J.; Gough, Barry M.; Leary, William M.; Waff, Craig B.; White, Roger B.

ISBN13: 9780028653617

ISBN10: 0028653610

Format: Hardcover

Pub. Date: 1999-12-01

Publisher(s): Macmillan Library Reference

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Summary

An encyclopedia covering different methods of transportation and key events, people, and social, economic, and political issues in the history of transportation.

List of Maps

Preface

Volume 1

Accidents

(3)

Aircraft

(2)

Aircraft, Military

(4)

Aircraft, Parts of

(4)

Aircraft Carriers

(2)

Aircraft Industry

(3)

Air Current and Wind

(2)

Air-Cushion Vehicles

(2)

Air Forces

(2)

Airline Industry

(4)

Airports

(4)

Airships

(2)

Air Traffic Control

(2)

Alaska Highway

(1)

All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs)

(1)

Altitude

(1)

Amtrak

(1)

Animals, Pack and Draft

(3)

Apollo Program

(4)

Aqueducts

(1)

Armstrong, Neil

(1)

Astronauts

(5)

Astronomy

(1)

Atlantic Ocean

(1)

Atmospheric Pressure

(1)

Automobile Clubs

(1)

Automobile Industry

(6)

Automobiles

(3)

Automobiles, Effects of

(5)

Automobiles, History of

(4)

Automobiles, Parts of

(7)

Automobiles: Related Industries

(5)

Automobiles, Types of

(3)

Auto Train

(1)

Aviation

(4)

Aviation, History of

Volume 2

Ballast

(1)

Balloons

(3)

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

(1)

Barges

(1)

BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)

(1)

Benz, Carl

(1)

Berlin Airlift

(1)

Bermuda Triangle

(1)

Bicycles

(4)

Bridges

(4)

Buses

(3)

Cable Cars and Funiculars

(2)

Cadillac

(1)

California Gold Rush

(1)

Camels

(1)

Canadian Pacific Railway

(1)

Canals

(4)

Canoes and Kayaks

(1)

Cape Canaveral

(2)

Cape to Cairo Railroad

(1)

Caravans

(1)

Careers in Transportation

(7)

Cargo Ships

(3)

Carts, Carriages, and Wagons

(3)

Catamarans

(1)

Cattle Trails

(2)

Challenger Disaster

(1)

Channel Tunnel

(1)

Chariots

(1)

Chevrolet

(1)

China Trade

(1)

Circumnavigation

(1)

Civil Aeronautics Board

(1)

Clipper Ships

(1)

Coast Guard

(1)

Communication Systems

(3)

Commuting

(3)

Compass

(1)

Concorde

(1)

Conestoga Wagons

(1)

Conrail

(1)

Containerization

(1)

Convertibles

(1)

Conveyors

(1)

Convoys

(1)

Cook, Thomas

(1)

Cosmonauts

(2)

Crime

(2)

Cruise Ships

(1)

Crusades

(1)

Cunard Line

(1)

Curtiss, Glenn

(1)

Customs

(2)

Daimler, Gottlieb

(1)

Delivery Services

(2)

Diesel, Rudolf

(1)

Diving

(1)

Drive-Ins

(1)

Driving

(3)

Earhart, Amelia

(1)

Electric Cars

(2)

Elevators and Escalators

(1)

Emergency Transportation

(2)

Energy

(4)

Engines

(7)

Enola Gay

102

(1)

Equator

103

(1)

Erie Canal

103

(2)

Eurail System

105

(1)

European Space Agency

105

Volume 3

Exploration

(6)

FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)

(1)

Ferries

(1)

Fire Engines

(1)

Fisher, Carl

(1)

Fishing Boats

(3)

Flatboats

(1)

Flight

(4)

Flying Scotsman

(1)

Ford, Henry

(1)

Freight

(3)

Freight Trains

(1)

Frigates

(1)

Fulton, Robert

(1)

Gagarin, Yuri

(1)

Glenn, John

(1)

Gliders

(2)

Global Positioning System (GPS)

(1)

Goddard, Robert

(1)

Gondolas

(1)

Government and Transportation

(5)

Great Eastern

(1)

Great Lakes

(1)

Guided Missiles

(3)

Gulf Stream

(1)

Gyroscope

(1)

Harbors and Ports

(3)

Hazardous Materials, Transport of

(2)

Health Issues

(2)

Helicopters

(4)

Heyerdahl, Thor

(1)

High-Speed Trains

(1)

Hijacking

(1)

Hindenburg Explosion

(1)

Hitchhiking

(1)

Hoboes

(1)

Horsepower

(1)

Horses

(3)

Hughes, Howard

(1)

Hydraulic Systems

(1)

Hydrofoils

(1)

Icebreakers

(1)

Impressment, Maritime

(1)

Insurance

(2)

Intelsat

(1)

Intermodal Transport

(1)

Interstate Commerce Commission

(1)

Intracoastal Waterway

(1)

Jeeps

(1)

Jet Planes

(2)

Jet Stream

(1)

Korolev, Sergei

(1)

Labor Unions

(2)

Latitude and Longitude

(1)

Lenoir, Jean-Joseph-Etienne

(1)

Leonardo da Vinci

(1)

Leonov, Alexei

(1)

Lesseps, Ferdinand de

(1)

Lewis and Clark Expedition

(2)

Light Rail Systems

(2)

Lighthouses and Lightships

(2)

Lindbergh, Charles

(1)

Literature

(2)

Locks

(1)

Loran

(1)

Lusitania

(1)

Maine, USS

(1)

Malls

(1)

Maps and Charts

(4)

Maritime Hazards

(1)

Maritime Law

(2)

Mars Probes

(1)

Merchant Marine

(3)

Mir

(2)

Mobile Homes

100

(1)

Model Boats, Trains, Cars, and Planes

100

(2)

Moon

102

(2)

Mopeds

104

(1)

Motels

105

(1)

Motorboats

106

Volume 4

Motorcycles

(1)

Mountaineering

(1)

Moving and Storage

(1)

Nader, Ralph

(1)

NASA

(2)

National Road

(1)

National Transportation Safety Board

(1)

Navies

(2)

Navigation

(4)

Noise Control

(1)

Northeast Passage

(1)

Northwest Passage

(1)

Oberth, Hermann

(1)

Ocean Liners

(1)

Oregon Trail

(1)

Orient Express

(1)

Pacific Ocean

(1)

Panama Canal

(1)

Pan-American Highway

(1)

Parachutes

(1)

Parades

(1)

Parking

(1)

Passengers

(4)

Passports and Visas

(1)

People Movers

(1)

Pilots, Aircraft

(1)

Pipelines

(2)

Piracy

(1)

Pollution and Transportation

(3)

Pony Express

(1)

Postal Service

(2)

Public Transportation

(2)

Pullman Strike

(1)

Race Cars

(1)

Radar

(2)

Rafts

(1)

Railroad Barons

(1)

Railroad Industry

(5)

Railroad Safety

(2)

Railroads, History of

(8)

Railroad Workers

(3)

Railway Stations

(1)

Railway Trains, Parts of

(6)

Railway Trains, Types of

(2)

Randolph, A. Philip

(1)

Recreational Vehicles (RVs)

(1)

Regulation of Transportation

(5)

Ride, Sally

(1)

Rivers of the World

(6)

Roads

(6)

Rockets

(3)

Rolls-Royce

(1)

Roman Roads

100

(1)

Rowboats

100

(1)

Sailboats and Sailing Ships

101

Volume 5

Sailing

(2)

St. Lawrence Seaway

(1)

Salvage

(2)

Salyut Space Sations

(1)

Santa Fe Trail

(1)

Satellites

(3)

Schooners

(1)

Seaplanes

(1)

Sedan Chairs

(1)

Service Stations

(1)

Shepard, Alan

(1)

Shipbuilding

(3)

Shipping Industry

(3)

Ships and Boats

(5)

Ships and Boats, Parts of

(4)

Ships and Boats, Safety of

(2)

Ships and Boats, Types of

(3)

Shipwrecks

(3)

Showboats

(1)

Signaling

(2)

Sikorsky, Igor Ivan

(1)

Silk Road

(1)

Skylab

(1)

Slave Trade

(1)

Sleighs

(2)

Smuggling

(1)

Snowmobiles

(1)

Snowshoes

(1)

Sonar

(1)

Songs

(2)

Soyuz Spacecraft

(1)

Spececraft, Parts of

(6)

Space Exploration

(9)

Space Probes

(3)

Space Rovers

(1)

Space Shuttles

(3)

Space Stations

(4)

Space Suits

(1)

Space Travel

(5)

Space Walks

(1)

Spanish Armada

(1)

Sports and Recreation

(2)

Sports Cars

(2)

Sport Utility Vehicles

(1)

Sputnik 1

(1)

Stagecoaches

(1)

Standard Time Zones

(2)

Steamboats

(2)

Stephenson, George

(1)

Submarines and Submersibles

(5)

Subways

100

(2)

Suez Canal

102

(1)

Supersonic Flight

103

(1)

Superstition at Sea

104

(1)

Tankers

104

Volume 6

Tanks

(1)

Tariffs

(1)

Taxis

(1)

Telescopes

(1)

Tereshkova, Valentina

(1)

Tires

(2)

Titanic

(1)

Tolls

(2)

Tourism

(3)

Tractors

(1)

Trade and Commerce

(5)

Trails

(2)

Trans-Alaska Pipeline

(1)

Transcontinental Railroads

(1)

Transportation, U.S. Department of

(1)

Transportation in the Twenty-First Century

(3)

Transportation Planning

(2)

Trans-Siberian Railroad

(1)

Travel Industry

(4)

Travel Writing

(2)

Trucking Industry

(2)

Trucks

(3)

Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin

(1)

Tugboats

(1)

Tunnels

(2)

Urban Transportation

(4)

Vans and Minivans

(1)

Viaducts

(1)

Vikings

(1)

Viking Space Probes

(1)

Vintage Cars

(1)

Volkswagen

(1)

Von Braun, Wernher

(1)

Voyager Space Probes

(1)

Walking

(1)

Water Currents, Tides, and Waves

(2)

Waterworks

(2)

Watt, James

(1)

Weather

(4)

Webb, James

(1)

Wells Fargo

(1)

Westinghouse, George

(1)

Wheelchairs

(1)

Wheels

(2)

Wright, Orville and Wilbur

(1)

Yachts

(1)

Yeager, Charles

(1)

Time Line

(6)

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