Harrison Lee Period 3

3/27/12 Stocker

The Agricultural Age * Before the internal combustion engine, animal labor was heavily relied on as transportation. Fast travel only came from the train, and nothing else. Other than the train getting from place to place could be very problematic.

The Industrial Age * * Function was to create self propelled vehicles Invented by udolf Diesel in !"#"

The Digital Age The modern internal combustion engine was not started with a hand cran$. In addition, modern internal combustion engines used compression to feed the engines. * In many ways the invention of the internal combustion engine has affected society in a positive way. &ithout the engine communication, transportation, even the price of everyday goods would be affected negatively. 'owever, most engines designed for purposes today produce what is called pollution, which can alter the environment by contaminating it with to(ic, harmful chemicals.

esult was a significant improvement transportation% less labor and more efficiency. Despite being slow and potentially dangerous during the early years, technology improved and the combustion engine made higher speeds achievable in vehicles.

)eople who used the combustion engine didn*t have to worry as much about labor or horses.

* The internal combustion engine is very important, being the pillar of nearly all our forms of transportation.