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Transport Curiosities, 1850 1950 John Wade

Transport Curiosities, 1850 1950 By John Wade

Transport Curiosities, 1850 1950 by John Wade


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Looks at weird and wonderful transport of the past.

Transport Curiosities, 1850 1950 Summary

Transport Curiosities, 1850 1950: Weird and Wonderful Ways of Travelling by Road, Rail, Air and Sea by John Wade

Over the years many weird and wonderful types of transport have come and gone, some of which succeeded against all odds, others that spectacularly failed, and some that never got beyond a designer's drawing board. Railway engines driven by horses, for example. Or maybe the surprising number of cars, boats and trains driven by aeroplane propellers. In this book you will find cars that flew, cars that floated on water and boats that ran on roads; steam-powered aeroplanes, electric submarines, railways driven by pneumatic air, aircraft with flapping wings and a whole lot more. If you are a person who would like to have flown in an airship, or travelled in a train whose carriage sat on stilts above the sea with its tracks below the water, or dreamed of riding on a London to New York railway that took twelve days to travel the long way around the world, or maybe just fancied fixing your bicycle to a railway track, then this book is for you.

About John Wade

John Wade is a freelance writer and photographer, with more than forty years' experience in both fields. He has written, illustrated, edited and contributed to more than thirty books, plus numerous magazine articles, for book and magazine publishers in the UK, US and Australia. His specialities are photographic history and techniques, as well as social history. His most recent books include _Cameras at War_ (Pen & Sword, 2020); _The Golden Age of Science Fiction_ (Pen & Sword, 2019), _London Curiosities_ (Pen & Sword, 2017), and _The Ingenious Victorians_ (Pen & Sword, 2016).

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NGR9781399003971
9781399003971
1399003976
Transport Curiosities, 1850 1950: Weird and Wonderful Ways of Travelling by Road, Rail, Air and Sea by John Wade
New
Hardback
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
2022-03-14
224
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