1. After the invention of the steam engine, the reaction of the people was similar to the Patent Office director's.
2. The first cheap motor car was introduced by Henry Ford.
3. Diesel-engined lorries became general in the 1930s.
4. Trams were introduced in the middle of the 19th century.
5. Some of the longest oil pipe-lines connect oil-fields in Iraq and near the Persian Gulf with ports on the Mediterranean coast.
6. At winter sports, cableways are used to pull or carry skiers to the top of the slopes. Cableways are also used by many Alpine villages for bringing up their supplies from the valley below.
