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体验世界文化之旅阅读文库 速度的追求PDF|Epub|txt|kindle电子书版本网盘下载
- Peter Gosling著；杨柏艳，霍颖注 著
- 出版社： 北京：高等教育出版社
- ISBN：7040490285
- 出版时间：2017
- 标注页数：244页
- 文件大小：44MB
- 文件页数：260页
- 主题词：世界－概况－英文
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图书目录
The Quest for Speed1
Introduction2
Chapter 01 Speed Over Land4
On Foot or by Wheel4
Early roads5
Stagecoaches7
Tools of the trade11
Steam Power—Britain and America on the Move13
Railway travel in England17
Isambard Kingdom Brunel23
American railroads25
Gathering steam28
Twenty-First-Century Railways30
The Channel Tunnel30
High-speed trains32
The Internal Combustion Engine35
The horseless carriage35
Racing improves the breed37
Brooklands40
Indianapolis44
Le Mans45
Grand Prix races48
Two Wheels55
Bicycles55
Motorbikes58
Motorcycle racing61
Chapter 02 Speed Over Water63
From Dug-Out to Sail63
Improvements in navigation67
When Sail was King:The Clippers69
When Sail was King:The Fighting Ships72
The First Steamers75
The Atlantic Crossing78
The slave trade81
Cutting the journey time83
Rowing across84
The Australia Route86
Round the World Sailing Races89
The great sailing races90
High Speed on the Water—Power Boats91
Ground Effect Vehicles92
Chapter 03 Speed Through the Air:The Early Days96
Man's Desire to Fly96
Balloons99
Dirigibles and Airships102
Powered Flight108
Aeroplanes110
The Schneider Trophy races115
Crossing the Channel by Air121
The First Passenger-Carying Flights:1918-1952123
Opening up the World—the Birth of Long-Haul Flights:1918-1949126
Flying Eastwards:1918-1939132
Trail Blazers and Record Breakers:1925-1937134
Success for Alan Cobham134
"Amy,Wonderful Amy"136
Alex Henshaw138
Charles Lindbergh140
Amelia Earhart141
The Challenge of the Pacific:1932-1939145
West to East by Imperial Airways:1931-1939148
Chapter 04 Speed Through the Air:The Age of the Jet154
Designing the Jet157
The Jet Fighters164
Breaking the Sound Barrier168
The First Commercial Jet Services174
Concorde175
Air Speed Records179
Measuring Speed181
Variations on the Theme of Flight182
Rotating wing machines182
Flying cars187
Chapter 05 The Future190
Rockets190
The scramjet195
Space Travel197
Moon landings197
Visiting Mars198
The Space Shuttle200
Commercial space travel201
The Future of Travel:Faster,Further,Smarter?203
Or Will It Be Greener?207
Appendices215
Places215
People227
Exercises236