Cars & Other Vehicles, SCH-TIT
Automobile, byname auto, also called motorcar or car, a usually four-wheeled vehicle designed primarily for passenger transportation and commonly propelled by an internal-combustion engine using a volatile fuel.
Cars & Other Vehicles Encyclopedia Articles By Title
schooner, a sailing ship rigged with fore-and-aft sails on its two or more masts. To the foremast there may also......
Science and Technology Satellite (STSAT), any of a series of South Korean satellites, of which STSAT-2C was the......
Sealab, experimental program sponsored by the U.S. Navy intended to determine whether humans could live and work......
seaplane, any of a class of aircraft that can land, float, and take off on water. Seaplanes with boatlike hulls......
Seawolf-class submarine, class of three U.S. nuclear-powered attack submarines known for their speed and advanced......
sedan, portable, enclosed chair mounted on horizontally placed parallel poles and carried by men or animals. In......
sextant, instrument for determining the angle between the horizon and a celestial body such as the Sun, the Moon,......
Shavit, Israeli launch vehicle. Shavit (Hebrew for “comet”) is a small three-stage solid-fueled rocket, first launched......
Shenzhou, any of a series of Chinese spacecraft, the fifth flight of which carried the first Chinese astronaut......
Shinkansen, pioneer high-speed passenger rail system of Japan, with lines on the islands of Honshu, Kyushu, and......
ship, any large floating vessel capable of crossing open waters, as opposed to a boat, which is generally a smaller......
- Introduction
- Dynamic Stability, Buoyancy, Trim
- Maneuvering, Directional Control, Navigation
- Structural Integrity
- Diesel Engines, Maritime, Propulsion
- Cargo, Cruise, Warship
- Ferries, Passenger Transport, Maritime Travel
- Container, Cargo, Freight
- Navigation, Propulsion, Maintenance
- Regulation, Safety, Design
- Crewing, Maritime, Navigation
- Cargo Handling, Loading, Unloading
- Maritime, Navigation, Exploration
- Sails, Rigging, Hull
- Navigation, Seafaring, Exploration
- Navigation, Sailing, Design
- 19th Century, Maritime, Trade
- Steamboats, Navigation, Technology
- Steam Navigation, Trade, Industry
- Atlantic, Ferry, Transport
- Passenger Liners, 20th Century
- Cargo, Freight, Transport
ship construction, complex of activities concerned with the design and fabrication of all marine vehicles. Ship......
ship of the line, type of sailing warship that formed the backbone of the Western world’s great navies from the......
shipping, the transporting of goods and passengers by water. Described as the backbone of global trade, maritime......
shipping route, any of the lines of travel followed by merchant sea vessels. Many of the most important modern......
shipyard, shore establishment for building and repairing ships. The shipbuilding facilities of the ancient and......
ship’s bell, bell used as early as the 15th century to sound the time on board ship by striking each half hour......
shock absorber, device for controlling unwanted motion of a spring-mounted vehicle. On an automobile, for example,......
showboat, floating theatre that tied up at towns along the waterways of the southern and midwestern United States,......
Silver Disc machine, image of an aircraft engraved on a medallion by Sir George Cayley in 1799 with his initials......
Sinclair C5, tiny, electrically powered tricycle-like vehicle invented by British entrepreneur Clive Sinclair in......
siren, noisemaking device producing a piercing sound of definite pitch. Used as a warning signal, it was invented......
Sirius, first ship to cross the Atlantic entirely under steam. Built originally for service in the Irish Sea, the......
skydiving, use of a parachute—for either recreational or competitive purposes—to slow a diver’s descent to the......
sled, vehicle usually drawn by either horses or dogs over ice or snow in winter. Its predecessor, the sledge, in......
sledge, any freight- or passenger-carrying device that is dragged or pushed without the aid of wheels. The travois......
sleeping car, railroad coach designed for overnight passenger travel. The first sleeping cars were put in service......
sloop, single-masted sailing vessel with fore-and-aft rigging, including mainsail, jib, and sometimes one or more......
SMART-1, first lunar probe of the European Space Agency. SMART-1 was launched on Sept. 27, 2003. The 367-kg (809-pound)......
snorkel, ventilating tube for submerged submarines, introduced in German U-boats during World War II. A basic problem......
snowmobile, a one- or two-passenger motorized vehicle with one or two skis in front and an engine-driven single......
Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (SNCF), state-owned railroad system of France, formed in 1938. The......
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), satellite managed jointly by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the......
solar compass, type of navigational instrument that uses the position of the Sun to establish bearing. The solar......
solar wind power satellite, large hypothetical satellite that would harvest energy from solar wind. A stream of......
sonar, (from “sound navigation ranging”), technique for detecting and determining the distance and direction of......
sounding rocket, any unmanned rocket that is designed to probe atmospheric conditions and structure at heights......
South Manchurian Railway, railway line built to connect what were then the South Manchurian sea towns of Lüshun......
Southern African Development Community (SADC), regional organization of southern African countries that works to......
Southern Pacific Railroad, one of the great American railroad systems, established in 1861 by the “big four” of......
Southern Railway Company was a railroad system in the southern United States that incorporated almost 150 prior......
Southwest Airlines Co., American airline founded by Herbert Kelleher and Rollin King in 1966 and incorporated in......
Soyuz, any of several versions of Soviet/Russian crewed spacecraft launched since 1967 and the longest-serving......
space debris, artificial material that orbits Earth but is no longer functional. This material can be as large......
space shuttle, partially reusable rocket-launched vehicle designed to go into orbit around Earth, to transport......
space station, an artificial structure placed in orbit and having the pressurized enclosure, power, supplies, and......
space-based solar power, the collection in space of solar energy, which is then transmitted as a microwave or laser......
spacecraft, vehicle designed to operate, with or without a crew, in a controlled flight pattern above Earth’s lower......
Spacelab, European-built system of pressurized modules that was used on 16 space shuttle missions from 1983 to......
SpaceShipOne (SS1), the first private crewed space vehicle, which flew past the boundary of space (100,000 metres,......
Spirit of St. Louis, airplane in which Charles Lindbergh made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic......
Spitfire, the most widely produced and strategically important British single-seat fighter of World War II. The......
spring wagon, four-wheeled vehicle drawn by draft animals (most often horses), having a square box and between......
Sputnik, any of a series of three artificial Earth satellites, the first of whose launch by the Soviet Union on......
spy satellite, spacecraft used by governments to monitor foreign military operations and other phenomena involving......
square sail, simplest form of rigging and the most ancient. The sails are attached to yards (crossbars) that are......
stage wagon, early, four-wheeled, American vehicle, used to carry both passengers and cargo. It was a precursor......
stagecoach, any public coach regularly travelling a fixed route between two or more stations (stages). Used in......
staged rocket, vehicle driven by several rocket systems mounted in vertical sequence. The lowest, or first stage,......
Stardust/NExT, a U.S. space probe that captured and returned dust grains from interplanetary space and from a comet.......
Starliner, crewed spacecraft built by the American corporation Boeing. Starliner consists of a conical Crew Module......
Starship, spacecraft being developed by the American corporation SpaceX. Starship, with the Super Heavy launch......
steamboat, any watercraft propelled by steam, but more narrowly, a shallow-draft paddle wheel steamboat widely......
Stellantis is a multinational automotive company formed in 2021 by the merger of Fiat Chrysler and PSA Group (known......
Stockton & Darlington Railway, in England, first railway in the world to operate freight and passenger service......
STOL airplane, any of several fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing on runways considerably shorter......
streetcar, vehicle that runs on track laid in the streets, operated usually in single units and usually driven......
Stuka, a low-wing, single-engine monoplane—especially the Junkers JU 87 dive-bomber—used by the German Luftwaffe......
stunt flying, the performance of aerial feats requiring great skill or daring. (Read Orville Wright’s 1929 biography......
submarine, any naval vessel that is capable of propelling itself beneath the water as well as on the water’s surface.......
subway, underground railway system used to transport large numbers of passengers within urban and suburban areas.......
Sukhoi Su-27, Russian air-superiority fighter plane, introduced into the air forces of the Soviet Union beginning......
Sukhoi Su-57, single-seat, twin-engine Russian heavyweight multirole combat aircraft that first flew in 2010. It......
sulky, originally a light, open, one-horse, four-wheeled vehicle with its single seat for only one person fixed......
supertanker, large tanker (q.v.) or cargo ship, commonly an oil-carrying vessel that might exceed 500,000 tons...
surrey, popular American doorless, four-wheeled carriage of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Usually two-seated......
Surveyor, any of a series of seven unmanned U.S. space probes sent to the Moon between 1966 and 1968 to photograph......
automobile suspension, Elastic members designed to cushion the impact of road irregularities on a portion of an......
Sussex Incident, (March 24, 1916), torpedoing of a French cross-Channel passenger steamer, the Sussex, by a German......
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS), Swiss airline formed in 2002 following the bankruptcy of Swiss Air Transport......
tanker, ship designed to carry liquid cargo in bulk within its cargo spaces, without the use of barrels or other......
taxicab, chauffeur-driven automobile available for hire to carry passengers between any two points within a city......
Telstar, series of communications satellites whose successful launching, beginning in 1962, inaugurated a new age......
Terminal 1 at Kansai International Airport, airport terminal at Kansai International Airport in Ōsaka Bay, Japan,......
Terminal 1 at O’Hare International Airport, airport terminal at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago that was......
Terminal 1 at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, airport terminal at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, located northeast......
Tesla, Inc., headquartered in Austin, Texas, is an American manufacturer of electric automobiles, solar panels,......
TEU, standard unit for cargo capacity for container ships and ports. The TEU refers to a shipping container that......
Texas and Pacific Railway Company, Texas railroad merged into the Missouri Pacific in 1976. Chartered in 1871,......
On the evening of May 6, 1937, spectators and reporters gathered at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey to......
THEMIS, five U.S. satellites that studied variations in the aurora. The spacecraft were launched by the National......
Thor rocket, missile initially developed by the U.S. Air Force as an intermediate-range ballistic missile. It was......
Thunderbirds, U.S. Air Force fighter aircraft squadron that performs aerobatics at air shows and other events throughout......
Tiangong, any of a series of three Chinese space stations, the first of which was launched on September 29, 2011.......
Ticonderoga-class cruiser, class of warships used by the United States Navy. First commissioned in 1983, they were......
The Panama Canal, which was completed in 1914, connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and significantly shortens......
Apollo was a project conducted by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the 1960s and......
tire, a continuous band that encircles the rim of a wheel and forms a tread that rolls on either a road, a prepared......
TIROS, any of a series of U.S. meteorological satellites, the first of which was launched on April 1, 1960. The......
Titan rocket, any of a series of U.S. rockets that were originally developed as intercontinental ballistic missiles......