| From Europe, to the US, Japan, and onto China |
| The evolution of the automobile |
The pre-automobile era
Even though the railways existed in Britain, Europe, and America by the late 1880s, most road transport was still undertaken by house and carriage. There (...) |
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| History as Reflected in Capital Markets: The Case of World War II |
| Historical events are reflected in asset prices. Looking at government bond prices of five European countries traded on the Swiss stock exchange during WWII provides a useful way of interpreting the (...) |
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| Lessons from the Invention of the airplane and the Beginning of the Aviation Era |
| No other concept had been dreamed about more than the ability of man to undertake powered flight. Ever since the Greek Mythology of Icarus and Daedalus, man has been on a great quest to discover the (...) |
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| The Arrival of Petroleum, Rockefeller, and the Lessons He taught Us |
| Before the arrival of petroleum there were a number of different fuels that could be used for light and power. Coal became an important fuel in industry for steam engines, but houses still cooked (...) |
