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Fruehauf, August Charles
August Charles Fruehauf (18681930), an American blacksmith and carriage builder who invented the tractor-tr...

Fulton, Robert
Robert Fulton (1765-1815), recognized as the American pioneer of the commercial steamboat. Although John Ftich...

Montgolfier, Joseph Michel and Jacques Étienne
Joseph Michel Montgolfier (1740-1810) and Jacques Étienne Montgolfier (1745-1799), brothers and French invent...

Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act of 1965, United States
United States Congress passed the Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act in 1965, allowing the Secretary of H...

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, United States
Under the Intermodal Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, United States President George H. W. Bush authoriz...

Giffard, Jules Henri
Jules Henri Giffard (1825-1882), French inventor who achieved the first powered and controlled flight in histo...

Automotive Propulsion Research and Development Act of 1978, United States
The Automotive Propulsion Research and Development Act of 1978 established a research and development program ...

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