Terrestre

GROUND TRANSPORTATION

In prehistoric times especially in the Neolithic he appeared the wheel, one of the most marvelous inventions in history that facilitated the transportation of heavy materialsand with it the development of all types of land transport began.

In its simplest form the wheel, a solid disk was fixed to a wooden timber round shaft, then sections of the disc removed to reduceweight and radios began to be used. The wheel has undergone numerous mutations through the ages to perfection.


The wheel allowed the development of land transport means and the first man to distantplaces in less time.

So we can distinguish the next evolution of the wheel:

Cart: This was the first application that man gave to the wheel for their own purposes. The cart has two wheels and usedanimal power to achieve displacement.

Bicycle appears in the Middle Ages whose basic components are two wheels, pedals, handlebars for steering a saddle seating and a set of irons that bind all theseelements. The movement is obtained by rotating the pedals with your legs that through a chain that turns the wheels.

The bike has undergone developments and improvements over time:

The bike motorcycleevolved which included all elements of the bicycle plus a steam boiler in the rear, this has evolved to today gradually removing elements as pedals, improving engine type ... until the bike that weknow today.

The railroad: birth is associated with the invention of the steam during the Industrial Revolusión. Your invencción took place in the early nineteenth century by George Stephenson. Thisnew form of transportation in addition needed the driving force of the steam, another element: the rails.

The first train consisted of a set of wagons pulled by a locomotive used this power.
The mostprominent is the evolution of the railway high speed train (AVE) that emerged in 1992 (twentieth century) in Spain, whose main feature is that it can reach 300km / h.

Although already in 1769 (XVIII...