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体验世界文化之旅阅读文库 速度的追求
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作者：
PETER GOSLING
定价：
39.00元
出版时间：
2018-01-02
ISBN：
978-7-04-049028-2
物料号：
49028-00
读者对象：
高等教育
一级分类：
外语类
二级分类：
大学英语
三级分类：
大学英语阅读
重点项目：
暂无
版面字数：
196.000千字
开本：
32开
全书页数：
暂无
装帧形式：
平装
- 前辅文
- The Quest for Speed
- Introduction
- Chapter 01 Speed Over Land
- • On Foot or by Wheel
- – Early roads
- – Stagecoaches
- – Tools of the trade
- • Steam Power—Britain and America on the Move
- – Railway travel in England
- – Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- – American railroads
- – Gathering steam
- • Twenty-First-Century Railways
- – The Channel Tunnel
- – High-speed trains
- • The Internal Combustion Engine
- – The horseless carriage
- – Racing improves the breed
- Brooklands
- Indianapolis
- Le Mans
- Grand Prix races
- • Two Wheels
- – Bicycles
- – Motorbikes
- – Motorcycle racing
- Chapter 02 Speed Over Water
- • From Dug-Out to Sail
- – Improvements in navigation
- • When Sail was King: The Clippers
- • When Sail was King: The Fighting Ships
- • The First Steamers
- • The Atlantic Crossing
- – The slave trade
- – Cutting the journey time
- – Rowing across
- • The Australia Route
- • Round the World Sailing Races
- – The great sailing races
- • High Speed on the Water—Power Boats
- • Ground Effect Vehicles
- Chapter 03 Speed Through the Air: The Early Days
- • Man’s Desire to Fly
- • Balloons
- • Dirigibles and Airships
- • Powered Flight
- – Aeroplanes
- – The Schneider Trophy races
- • Crossing the Channel by Air
- • The First Passenger-Carrying Flights: 1918–1952
- • Opening up the World—the Birth of Long-Haul Flights: 1918–1949
- • Flying Eastwards: 1918–1939
- • Trail Blazers and Record Breakers: 1925–1937
- – Success for Alan Cobham
- – “Amy, Wonderful Amy”
- – Alex Henshaw
- – Charles Lindbergh
- – Amelia Earhart
- • The Challenge of the Pacific: 1932–1939
- • West to East by Imperial Airways: 1931–1939
- Chapter 04 Speed Through the Air: The Age of the Jet
- • Designing the Jet
- • The Jet Fighters
- • Breaking the Sound Barrier
- • The First Commercial Jet Services
- • Concorde
- • Air Speed Records
- • Measuring Speed
- • Variations on the Theme of Flight
- – Rotating wing machines
- – Flying cars 187 iv
- Chapter 05 The Future
- • Rockets
- – The scramjet
- • Space Travel
- – Moon landings
- – Visiting Mars
- – The Space Shuttle
- – Commercial space travel
- • The Future of Travel: Faster, Further, Smarter?
- • Or WiIl It Be Greener?
- Appendices
- • Places
- • People
- Exercises
