KIDS QUIZ
FAMOUS INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS
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Question
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How did Julian Sprague’s invention change transportation?
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People were transported across a city using his subway system.
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People traveled more quickly using his streetcars run by electricity.
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People were able drive long distances using his gas-powered car.
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People could get from place to place using his new “horseless carriage.”
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -While his ship was in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1881, Sprague invented the inverted type of dynamo.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hailed during his lifetime as the “Father of Electric Traction, ‘’ Frank Sprague’s achievements in horizontal transportation were paralleled by equally remarkable achievements in vertical transportation.
Detailed explanation-3: -World’s first electric trolley car invented and operated in Kansas City by John C. Henry in 1885, replacing non-electric trolleys by 1913 and quitting themselves in 1959. First application of the word, “trolley” to cable cars.
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