Modern business geography

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Identifikator:: 1830562916

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-217337

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Author:: Huntington, Ellsworth http://d-nb.info/gnd/117070092; Cushing, Sumner W.

Title:: Modern business geography

Place of publication:: New York [usw.]

Publisher:: World Book Company

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: VIII, 352 S.; Ill., graph. Darst.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part two. The field of transportation

Collection:: Economics Books

Means of Transportation 166 Brown Brothers Fig. 126. The Wright Flying Field at Fairfield, Ohio. On the left are the hangars, alongside the ianding field. In the center and to the right are workshops and workmen's cottages. This is not true; although it is almost equally easy to fly over land or sea, mountain or plain, it is not everywhere equally easy to land. Hydroplanes, since they are built especially. for this purpose, can land anywhere in the water, but are not well adapted for use over the land. Dirigibles and especially airplanes, on the other hand, cannot land everywhere, even on the land. Dirigibles need mooring masts, and airplanes must have broad, level landing places, the standard size being at least one third of a mile by one sixth. Hence in mountainous regions they are always at a disadvantage; for such large level areas are rare, and it is still more rare to find them free from trees. Air navigation is easiest in open plains where there are people enough to make it worth while to maintain regular landing places, and where there are many large, smooth fields that can be used in an emergency. Dayton, Ohio, where airplanes were first developed, is in this kind of region. Such a region, surrounded by mile after mile of large fields. is a good place for airplane factories. GOOD ROADS AS A FACTOR IN TRANSPORTATION Good roads mean good service by horses, automobiles, and trucks. The motor vehicle and the good road, between them, put an end to the extreme isolation that was formerly the lot of many small communities off the main lines of travel.

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