8000 BC 8000 BC 3000 BC 3000 BC 0 0 1600 1600 1850 1850 1950 1950 Powered Motion Arrives Late Ten millennia of moving things, read as causal lineages. Ribbon = a mode of transport; tendrils = ideas crossing between modes. event — click for its reference date being verified Water Land Air Heat engine 8000 BC · Pesse canoe (first boat)8000 BCPesse canoe (firstboat) 3000 BC · Sail (Mesopotamia; enables Austronesian expansion)3000 BCSail (Mesopotamia;enablesAustronesianexpansion) 1571–1862 · Age of Sail1571–1862Age of Sail 1783 · First steamboats (Pyroscaphe 1783; Fitch 1787)1783First steamboats(Pyroscaphe 1783;Fitch 1787) 1838 · Seagoing steamships1838Seagoingsteamships 3500 BC · Wheel and axle3500 BCWheel and axle 3500 BC · Horse domestication — muscle-power baseline the note argues we stayed coupled to3500 BCHorsedomestication 2000 BC · Chariot — wheel+muscle synthesis, missing link in land track2000 BCChariot 550 · Land sailing, China550Land sailing,China 1672 · Verbiest steam cart concept1672Verbiest steamcart concept 1696 · Ozanam theorises human-powered carriages — Roots of Progress bicycle post; idea predates hardware by 120 yr1696Ozanam theoriseshuman-poweredcarriages 1769 · Cugnot steam automobile1769Cugnot steamautomobile 1803 · Trevithick: steam carriage, then first railway locomotive (1804)1803Trevithick: steamcarriage, thenfirst railwaylocomotive (1804) 1803–1950 · Steam car projects persist1803–1950Steam car projectspersist 1817 · Drais's Laufmaschine — needed no new tech — Roots of Progress: draisine buildable centuries earlier1817Drais'sLaufmaschine —needed no new tech 1863 · Michaux boneshaker (pedals) — Roots of Progress bicycle post1863Michaux boneshaker(pedals) 1885 · Internal combustion engine → mass-market cars1885Internalcombustion engine→ mass-market cars 1885–1888 · Starley safety bicycle; Dunlop pneumatic tyre — Roots of Progress bicycle post; the modern bicycle1885–1888Starley safetybicycle; Dunloppneumatic tyre 400 BC · Archytas' steam-propelled bird (reaction principle)400 BCArchytas'steam-propelledbird (reactionprinciple) 400 BC · Kites (air flight principle) — note dates kites to ~4000 BC; sources say China ~500 BC — flag discrepancy400 BCKites (air flightprinciple) 1783 · Montgolfier balloon — first human flight, absent from note1783Montgolfierballoon 1903 · Wright Flyer — closes air track1903Wright Flyer 50 · Hero's aeolipile (rotary steam seedling)50Hero's aeolipile(rotary steamseedling) 1712 · Newcomen engine (pumping water) — note's dangling 'first used to pump water' fragment1712Newcomen engine(pumping water) Hero's aeolipile Cugnot's fardier, 1769 Rover, 1885 Turbinia at speed, 1897 First flight, 1903 boats sail 4,500 yr before the wheel rolls 1,660 yr from Hero's toy to a working engine draisine to safety bicycle: 70 yr of pure iteration
8000 BC 8000 BC 3000 BC 3000 BC 0 0 1600 1600 1850 1850 1950 1950 Powered Motion Arrives Late Ten millennia of moving things, read as causal lineages. Ribbon = a mode of transport; tendrils = ideas crossing between modes. event — click for its reference date being verified Water Land Air Heat engine 8000 BC · Pesse canoe (first boat)8000 BCPesse canoe (firstboat) 3000 BC · Sail (Mesopotamia; enables Austronesian expansion)3000 BCSail (Mesopotamia;enablesAustronesianexpansion) 1571–1862 · Age of Sail1571–1862Age of Sail 1783 · First steamboats (Pyroscaphe 1783; Fitch 1787)1783First steamboats(Pyroscaphe 1783;Fitch 1787) 1838 · Seagoing steamships1838Seagoingsteamships 3500 BC · Wheel and axle3500 BCWheel and axle 3500 BC · Horse domestication — muscle-power baseline the note argues we stayed coupled to3500 BCHorsedomestication 2000 BC · Chariot — wheel+muscle synthesis, missing link in land track2000 BCChariot 550 · Land sailing, China550Land sailing,China 1672 · Verbiest steam cart concept1672Verbiest steamcart concept 1696 · Ozanam theorises human-powered carriages — Roots of Progress bicycle post; idea predates hardware by 120 yr1696Ozanam theoriseshuman-poweredcarriages 1769 · Cugnot steam automobile1769Cugnot steamautomobile 1803 · Trevithick: steam carriage, then first railway locomotive (1804)1803Trevithick: steamcarriage, thenfirst railwaylocomotive (1804) 1803–1950 · Steam car projects persist1803–1950Steam car projectspersist 1817 · Drais's Laufmaschine — needed no new tech — Roots of Progress: draisine buildable centuries earlier1817Drais'sLaufmaschine —needed no new tech 1863 · Michaux boneshaker (pedals) — Roots of Progress bicycle post1863Michaux boneshaker(pedals) 1885 · Internal combustion engine → mass-market cars1885Internalcombustion engine→ mass-market cars 1885–1888 · Starley safety bicycle; Dunlop pneumatic tyre — Roots of Progress bicycle post; the modern bicycle1885–1888Starley safetybicycle; Dunloppneumatic tyre 400 BC · Archytas' steam-propelled bird (reaction principle)400 BCArchytas'steam-propelledbird (reactionprinciple) 400 BC · Kites (air flight principle) — note dates kites to ~4000 BC; sources say China ~500 BC — flag discrepancy400 BCKites (air flightprinciple) 1783 · Montgolfier balloon — first human flight, absent from note1783Montgolfierballoon 1903 · Wright Flyer — closes air track1903Wright Flyer 50 · Hero's aeolipile (rotary steam seedling)50Hero's aeolipile(rotary steamseedling) 1712 · Newcomen engine (pumping water) — note's dangling 'first used to pump water' fragment1712Newcomen engine(pumping water) Hero's aeolipile Cugnot's fardier, 1769 Rover, 1885 Turbinia at speed, 1897 First flight, 1903 boats sail 4,500 yr before the wheel rolls 1,660 yr from Hero's toy to a working engine draisine to safety bicycle: 70 yr of pure iteration