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Transported is an Australian convict melodrama film directed by W. J. Lincoln. [6] It is considered a lost film. [citation needed] Plot.
Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land ( rail and road ), water, cable, pipelines, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations.
The vast majority of passenger travel in the United States occurs by automobile for shorter distances and airplane or railroad for longer distances. Most cargo in the U.S. is transported by, in descending order, railroad, truck, pipeline, or boat; air shipping is typically used only for perishables and premium express shipments.
Sand blowing off a crest in the Kelso Dunes of the Mojave Desert, California. Aeolian or eolian (depending on the parsing of æ) is the term for sediment transport by wind. This process results in the formation of ripples and sand dunes. Typically, the size of the transported sediment is fine sand (<1 mm) and smaller, because air is a fluid ...
The history of transport is largely one of technological innovation. Advances in technology have allowed people to travel farther, explore more territory, and expand their influence over larger and larger areas. Even in ancient times, new tools such as foot coverings, skis, and snowshoes lengthened the distances that could be traveled.
Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice or by the force of gravity acting on the particles. For example, sand and silt can be carried in suspension in river water and on reaching the sea bed deposited by ...
Water transportation is the international movement of water over large distances. Methods of transportation fall into three categories: Aqueducts, which include pipelines, canals, tunnels and bridges. Container shipment, which includes transport by tank truck, tank car, and tank ship. Towing, where a tugboat is used to pull an iceberg or a ...
Litter (vehicle) A Japanese Date clan ’s litter with arabesque design in maki-e lacquer. (For Princess Mune) 18th century, Edo period. Tokyo Fuji Art Museum. The litter is a class of wheelless vehicles, a type of human-powered transport, for the transport of people. Smaller litters may take the form of open chairs or beds carried by two or ...