Transport 1999 - www.thebluebellegallery.co.uk by Heather Hems

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31/03/2015

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WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT - The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871 - January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 - May 30, 1912), were two Americans who are generally credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane. SIR FRANK WHITTLE - OM, KBE, FRS, Hon FRAeS (1 June 1907 - 9 August 1996) shared credit with Germany's Dr. Hans von Ohain who later independently also invented the jet engine RICHARD TREVITHICK - (April 13, 1771 - April 22, 1833) was a Cornish inventor, mining engineer and builder of the first working railway steam locomotive. ROBERT STEPHENSON FRS - (16 October 1803 - 12 October 1859)He was the only son of George Stephenson, the famed locomotive builder and railway engineer; many of the achievements popularly credited to his father were actually the joint efforts of father and son. SIR CHRISTOPHER COCKERELL - (June 4, 1910 - June 1, 1999) was an English engineer, inventor of the hovercraft. ROBERT FULTO - (November 14, 1765 - February 24, 1815) was a U.S. engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the first commercially successful steam-powered steamboat KARL BENZ - (November 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, Germany - April 4, 1929,) was a German engine designer and automobile engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered automobile GOTTLIEB DAIMLER (March 17, 1834 - March 6, 1900) He was a pioneer of internal-combustion engines and automobile development