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Ancient Native Mexicans invented wheeled vehicles with axles for use as toys, but not for transport. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
That seems incredible to us, until we reflect that ancient Mexicans lacked domestic animals to hitch to their wheeled vehicles, which therefore offered no advantage over human porters. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Even with animals, though, the Olmec would not have had much use for wheeled vehicles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
He marvels at the Inca roads that were made for a civilization without wheeled vehicles. Books of The Times: A Collector of Road Trips, Just Passing Through 2010-02-17T23:31:00Z
As they travel about in their wheeled vehicles, humans often greet other drivers with loud bursts of sound. Style Invitational Week 1454: Punku 3 — haiku with a pun, duh 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z
It is here that Mr. Lauren stores a multimillion-dollar collection of wheeled vehicles that more than compensate for the bike he never had as a boy. Ralph Lauren Is Still Behind the Wheel 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z
Visitation statistics are calculated by taking the actual number of wheeled vehicles entering the park gates, and using a person-per-vehicle multiplier to calculate the number of monthly recreational visitors. Yellowstone visitation up so far this year 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z
The logistics arrangement will support the purchase of spare and repair parts for wheeled vehicles, weapons and other related elements, it said. U.S. State Dept OKs two possible military sales to Taiwan -Pentagon 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z
On Saturday, it took a herculean effort to get the giant disk moving with 10 outboard boat engines, farm equipment driving oversized propellers, and a couple of wheeled vehicles, too, he said. Maine ice disk on frozen lake measures 541 meters across 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z
Zuzana 2 self-propelled howitzer: a wheeled vehicle with a 155 mm gun. Factbox: Ukraine's military supplies: What ground vehicles are Kyiv's allies sending? 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z
The wheeled vehicles have been in service with the French military since 1981 and are being gradually decommissioned and replaced with an updated system. U.S. edges closer to sending armored weaponry to Ukraine 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z
“We have seen rains and very difficult conditions for attacks from any side because the ground is wet and wheeled vehicles can hardly pass,” he told journalists in the city of Odesa on Sunday. Ukraine says it struck a hotel where members of Russia’s Wagner security force had gathered. 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z
The speed was important: The Ukrainians even used wheeled vehicles to rapidly exploit openings in the Russian defenses and then to capitalize on them. Ukraine's victory "almost a done deal": Military expert on how Russia's invasion imploded 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z
The Sojourner rover, the first wheeled vehicle on Mars, is about the size of a microwave oven. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z
RCH 155 self-propelled howitzer: a wheeled vehicle with a 155 mm gun. Factbox: Ukraine's military supplies: What ground vehicles are Kyiv's allies sending? 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z
They built stepped roads to ascend and descend the steep slopes of the Andes; these would have been impractical for wheeled vehicles but worked well for pedestrians. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z
The walking path around Green Lake is so much more relaxing and rejuvenating when one is not threatened by wheeled vehicles, skateboarders or Rollerbladers. Green Lake: A resounding vote for ‘no wheels’ 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z
The Russians will be largely road-bound in Donbas because of their wheeled vehicles, logistics requirements, extended supply lines and the muddy ground. Opinion | The Russians appear ready to repeat Germany’s mistake 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z
The latest package from the United States, Sullivan said, includes laser-guided rocket systems, Puma drones and armored high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles. What weapons to send to Ukraine? How debate shifted from helmets to tanks. 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z
Caesar self-propelled howitzer: a wheeled vehicle with a 155 mm gun. Factbox: Ukraine's military supplies: What ground vehicles are Kyiv's allies sending? 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z
Oleksandr Bodyuk, the company's deputy director, said workers were also using reinforcing bars and girders salvaged from construction sites to produce spiked, movable defences against wheeled vehicles, including trucks. 'Hedgehogs' v tanks, as Kyiv braces for Russian onslaught 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z
The Army is studying ways to modernize its fleet of tactical wheeled vehicles, which range from Humvees to heavy equipment transporters to haul soldiers and critical supplies, such as munitions and fuel, to the battlefield. Truckmakers put off by Army red tape, contract rules, GAO says 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z
A trial of three of the wheeled vehicles, which will travel alongside other transport, will start next month. Self-driving vehicles to be trialled in Cambridge 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z
The lander, meanwhile, will serve as a platform for the rover, deploying a ramp that the wheeled vehicle will roll down onto the Martian surface. China’s First Mars Mission, Tianwen-1, Reaches the Red Planet 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z
Nylon cords are used to lower the multi-billion-dollar wheeled vehicle to the ground. Nasa's Mars rover and the 'seven minutes of terror' 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z
Instead of homes and offices, they were making giant, metal anti-tank barricades known as "hedgehogs", and smaller spiked barriers aimed at stopping wheeled vehicles. 'Hedgehogs' v tanks, as Kyiv braces for Russian onslaught 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z
The Army expects to issue a new strategy for purchasing its fleet of tactical wheeled vehicles next year. Truckmakers put off by Army red tape, contract rules, GAO says 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z
“Harley-Davidson knows as much or more than anyone about designing and engineering a great handling, very naturally responsive two wheeled vehicle,” Frank told me. We tested Harley-Davidson’s new Serial 1 electric bikes 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z
They show that he spent the bulk of his decade in the Army as a wheeled vehicle mechanic. Sidney Powell’s secret election witness ‘Spyder’ says he never worked in military intelligence 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z
He seemed particularly attracted to wheeled vehicles including, unfortunately, baby strollers. 'All we could do was run': the strange story of Gerald, the turkey who terrorized a city 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z
The “Caucus 2020” drills will deploy wheeled vehicles and light weaponry to be flown to the drill location by China’s latest version transport aircraft, the ministry said in a news release. China, others to be part of joint military drills in Russia 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z
The “Caucus 2020” drills will deploy wheeled vehicles and light weaponry to be flown to the drill location by China’s latest version transport aircraft, the ministry said in a news release. China, others to be part of joint military drills in Russia 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z
Perseverance, a robotic wheeled vehicle designed to look for signs of past life on Mars, lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday at 7:50 a.m. NASA Launches Perseverance Rover, Capping Summer of Missions to Mars 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z
Merritt’s military separation papers show that he completed three education courses — two involving work on wheeled vehicles and one on leadership. Sidney Powell’s secret election witness ‘Spyder’ says he never worked in military intelligence 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z
Most roads in Yellowstone are closed to wheeled vehicles for the winter. Coyote bites woman cross-country skiing in Yellowstone 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z
Last month, a former patient testified that an investigator showed her a 2016 video of the dentist riding the motorized, wheeled vehicle while extracting one of her teeth when she was sedated. Alaska dentist filmed extracting tooth while on hoverboard convicted on 46 counts 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z
Any wheeled vehicle, with a motor or without, that moves significantly faster than a person on foot is dangerous on a sidewalk. Opinion | A horrifying future for pedestrians: More e-scooters on D.C. sidewalks 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z
Spirit worked for six years, logging a drive distance of almost 8km; and Opportunity trundled on for 45km over 15 years - a record for any wheeled vehicle off Earth. Nasa calls time on Opportunity Mars rover 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z
He maintained that this pattern left him in a sort of military bureaucratic limbo, in the service but without a specific job until he became a wheeled vehicle mechanic in 2005. Sidney Powell’s secret election witness ‘Spyder’ says he never worked in military intelligence 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z
The road from the park’s North Entrance at Gardiner, Montana, through Mammoth Hot Springs to Cooke City, Montana, is open to wheeled vehicle travel all year. Yellowstone opens to winter travel 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z
It was planned to include "wheeled vehicles only". US military parade postponed 'to 2019' 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z
The company builds transmissions for tracked and wheeled vehicles in the defense industry. Pfizer to build new facility, add 450 jobs in Michigan 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z
The influx of wheeled vehicles has sparked complaints from Westside residents who say speeding users have collided with pedestrians and careless parkers have blocked sidewalks and doorways. L.A. starts debating rules for electric scooters and bike-share companies 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z
It will include "wheeled vehicles only", and will focus on the work of US military veterans through the ages, starting with the American Revolutionary War. No tanks, but Trump gets his parade 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z
A Pentagon memo released Friday says the parade will only include wheeled vehicles to minimize damage to District of Columbia streets. Trump getting Washington military parade, but without tanks 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z
“Include wheeled vehicles only, no tanks - consideration must be given to minimize damage to local infrastructure,” the memo said. Trump's military parade planned for Veterans Day - without tanks 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z
That means it was capable of a longer stay time on the moon and greater surface mobility via a wheeled vehicle. Should We Open Some Sealed Moon Samples? 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z
They can also travel over terrain, such as collapsed buildings, that is off-limits to wheeled vehicles. Military robots are getting smaller and more capable 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z
According to the military journal Task & Purpose, Johnson enlisted in the Army in January 2014 as a wheeled vehicle mechanic. Sgt La David Johnson: soldier at the center of dispute over Trump remarks 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z
In doing so, the Forest Service hopes it will keep the bikes off trails now used by snowmobiles and are off-limits to wheeled vehicles. Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z
“Include wheeled vehicles only, no tanks - consideration must be given to minimize damage to local infrastructure,” the memo said. Trump's military parade planned for Veterans Day - without tanks 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z
Other startups are testing small, wheeled vehicles to deliver takeout and other quick purchases, including Europe’s Starship Technologies and US firm Marble. This UK supermarket could beat Amazon to self-driving grocery deliveries 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z
After the road closes to wheeled vehicles in December, it’s only snowmobile traffic, and even that can be scant and generally limited to a few winter-keepers, landowners and commercially guided groups. Isolated elk tenders stay close to their work 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z
That has always been interpreted to mean no wheeled vehicles or any form of motorized transportation or tools are allowed. Montana Editorial Roundup 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z
The new gear includes 250 tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicles and Paladin self-propelled howitzers as well as more than 1,700 additional wheeled vehicles and trucks. Pentagon Readies More Robust U.S. Military Presence in Eastern Europe 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z
In a statement, MTA Chief Safety Officer David Mayer compared the use of hoverboards to "skateboards or other personal wheeled vehicles," the use of which is also typically banned by the MTA. Hoverboards are now banned from New York City subways, trains, and buses 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z
River beds are often the smoothest places in deserts for wheeled vehicles; they connect villages that occupy river beds and terraces up and downstream because there is access to water. Satellite eye on Earth: December 2015 – in pictures 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z
These cube-shaped robots may soon hop and tumble their way across asteroids and comets—a better way to navigate treacherous terrain than with a wheeled vehicle. Week's Best Space Pictures: Close-up on Ceres' Bright Spots 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z
The scientists contend that a group similar to the Yamnaya moved into the European heartland after the invention of wheeled vehicles, contributing up to 50% of ancestry in some modern north Europeans. DNA documents ancient mass migration 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z
Archaeologists find that wheeled vehicles emerged around 4000 B.C., suggesting the proto-Indo-European speakers began to flourish some 6,500 years ago on the steppe grasslands above the Black and Caspian Seas. The Tangled Roots of English 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z
Sporting a bright bow tie, he displayed the miniature wheeled vehicle he’d built from scratch, along with the joystick that controlled it wirelessly. White House Hosts STEM 'Maker Faire,' Declares First 'Day of Making' 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z
On Thursday, a group of 10 U.S. lawmakers urged Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall to revamp the Army competition to allow both tracked and wheeled vehicles to compete. General Dynamics says U.S. Army denied armored vehicle protest 2014-04-05T00:13:57Z
These cube-shaped robots may soon hop and tumble their way across asteroids and comets—a better way to navigate treacherous terrain than with a wheeled vehicle. Week's Best Space Pictures: Close-up on Ceres' Bright Spots 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z
Army's $5 billion competition for a new armored vehicle to allow both tracked and wheeled vehicles to compete. Lawmakers urge revamp of Army vehicle competition 2014-04-04T01:23:04Z
Was there a genetic predisposition to roam the world atop wheeled vehicles? How I Found Jeff Bezos's Biological Father 2013-10-10T19:12:19Z
The U.S. military is integrating a variety of onboard electric generating technologies into combat and tactical wheeled vehicles. Why The U.S. Military Is Falling In Love With Electric Vehicles 2013-09-09T00:08:00Z
However, the small wheeled vehicle zipping across the carpet was not a child's toy but the very adult Pointman Tactical Robot. Drones on display: security firms go hi-tech in rush to seal the border 2013-03-13T18:47:00Z
These cube-shaped robots may soon hop and tumble their way across asteroids and comets—a better way to navigate treacherous terrain than with a wheeled vehicle. Week's Best Space Pictures: Close-up on Ceres' Bright Spots 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z
The LS3 is designed to help soldiers carry their gear in the field in terrain where wheeled vehicles just won’t cut it. DARPA Robot Trudges Over The Tough Terrain Where Soldiers Tread 2012-12-21T22:07:10Z
The only vehicles that would benefit from such an infrastructure investment would be the hover cars themselves—wheeled vehicles running on combustion engines or batteries would still need well-maintained roads. Imagination + a Little Movie Magic = a Volkswagen Hover Car Silently Navigating City Streets [Video] 2012-06-21T12:45:00.227Z
And again, that he was summoned before the grand jury and “George William Fairfax, George Washington, George Mason,” and half dozen others were indicted for “not reporting their wheeled vehicles, according to law.” Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z
Who appreciates wheeled vehicles more fully than babies and toddlers? Why It Took So Long to Invent the Wheel 2012-03-06T23:45:00.410Z
Ten years ago there was not a wheeled vehicle in Morocco; now its thousands of miles of trail, and its hundreds of miles of firm French roads, are travelled by countless carts, omnibuses and motor-vehicles. In Morocco 2012-03-05T03:00:11.463Z
There are many roads accessible to wheeled vehicles. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z
The winding road that leads over the intervening hills begins at this point to be impracticable for wheeled vehicles, although it is possible to advance a few miles farther in country cars. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z
Freight was brought from the interior on muleback over narrow trails, and hardly any roads for wheeled vehicles existed. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z
Because there were no wheeled vehicles, footpaths and foot bridges for land travel were sufficient. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z
No wheeled vehicle can scramble up them, presumably. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z
The absence of wheeled vehicles is noticeable, the tramway-cars gliding rapidly past the pedestrians, while pack-horses and donkeys transport mostly such merchandise as is not carried on the heads of men and women. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z
On the plaster of the wall, in the sunset light, he began to draw, roughing it out with quick sure strokes, a procession of men and horses with some massive wheeled vehicle in the center. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z
For never before had wagon, or other wheeled vehicle, approached it. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z
This was probably the first road by which wheeled vehicles ever crossed the valley of the Don here. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z
“The Taliban will try to infiltrate into areas where they’ve been forced to pull out, and these are desert areas that are inaccessible for wheeled vehicles,” he said. At War: Sending Tanks to Afghanistan, Part I 2010-11-22T18:36:00Z
However, there are some intrepid souls who refuse to accept this and who embrace alternative designs for human-powered wheeled vehicles. The bike snob's guide to cycling tribes 2010-10-23T23:05:00Z
The usual means of communication is by tortuous paths through the forest, too narrow to admit any wheeled vehicle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens"
For with it are no wagons, nor wheeled vehicles of any kind; no mule train nor cattle drove. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z
There are no railroads, and no highroads of any length for wheeled vehicles. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open
They were not carriages or carts or wheeled vehicles of any sort, but sleds—here in a land of eternal summer—sleds with enclosed tops, and drawn by oxen. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise
The other class is exemplified in the brakes used on wheeled vehicles and on cranes, lifts, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis"
Roads suitable for wheeled vehicles are found in Lower Egypt, but the majority of the tracks are bridle-paths, goods being conveyed on the backs of donkeys, mules and camels. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein"
As near possible as it was for any wheeled vehicle to do so, he had several carts almost doing a jig in the main office. All In The Mind
No wheeled vehicle could cross the vast stretches of the ergs, they must stick to the hard ground, to the tire-destroying gravel. Black Man's Burden
It marched south towards the river, with its little body of wheeled vehicles following up its mounted men. Poitiers
The last two miles of the journey, said our driver, would be impassable for a wheeled vehicle. The Portal of Dreams
There were no roads in any direction passable for wheeled vehicles during the possession of the island by the two nationalities spoken of. The Pearl of India
Evidence of the utter solitariness and roadlessness of the region is found in the fact that no wheeled vehicle had been seen in Liddesdale till the advent of Scott's gig about 1798. In the Border Country
Traveling in the summer time on land was either on horseback or afoot for the roads were too bad to admit of the use of wheeled vehicles. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784
The boats are of enormous size, with separate compartments for wheeled vehicles and passengers. The Truth About America
I have made the best arrangements I could for getting out; but roads are not a strong point in this country, and we seldom trust ourselves in- 33 - wheeled vehicles far out of the town. Out on the Pampas Or, The Young Settlers
Railways and good inland roads for wheeled vehicles are great promoters of true civilization and progress. The Pearl of India
About the door of the long, rambling posada, a dozen or more horses were seen tied to a long bar, erected for the purpose, but no wheeled vehicles were there. Due South or Cuba Past and Present
All our forage and rations are brought from Belle Plain on horses and pack-mules, all wheeled vehicles being entirely shipwrecked. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry
This being so, I imagine, accounts for the scarcity of wheeled vehicles except tram-cars. The Truth About America
It is obvious that such figures must often have included any wheeled vehicle, and sometimes even the gun carriages. Conestoga Wagons in Braddock's Campaign, 1755
The Neapolitan caleche is a wonderful machine, quite unequalled among wheeled vehicles. Among the Brigands
No wheeled vehicles were to be seen: even the milkmen sleighed their commodity from door to door. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland
Few wheeled vehicles except the ox-carts of emigrants were to be seen anywhere, and the general aspect of the place was that of feverish activity. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas
Salemina and I traveled many miles in railway trains, and many in various other sorts of wheeled vehicles, while the ideal ever beckoned us onward. Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland
He tells us at once that we are in a street, one of the principal ones, that, in fact, they are all like this, and no wheeled vehicle can pass in any part of Jerusalem! Round the Wonderful World
It was so unusual to see any wheeled vehicle there, except their own carryall, that it caused a universal excitement. In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series
By what human agency it comes about that any wheeled vehicle drawn of horses can thunder at a hand-gallop through the matrix of such a deadlock, Heaven only knows! Somehow Good
There are winding ways where horses and donkeys can walk up but no wheeled vehicle can be taken up or down for it is too steep. Birdseye Views of Far Lands
No driver of a wheeled vehicle would have selected so abrupt a slope. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study
It has little, narrow, dirty, twisted streets, through which no vehicle could pass, and only accessible for donkeys, camels, and foot passengers; there is no such thing as a wheeled vehicle in the place. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months
To avoid this gorge—impassable for wheeled vehicles—the waggon-trace, below its entrance, turns off to the right; and we perceived that the caravan had taken that direction. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness
No wheeled vehicle can be taken across it; and even the Mexican horse and mule—both sure-footed as goats—get through it with difficulty, and only by one or two known paths. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley
Chiefly, this was due to the enormous increase of wheeled vehicles. The History of London
It has a population of a million and a half, and yet there is not a street of over ten feet in width within the walls, horses and wheeled vehicles being unknown. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands
Usually they were approached by a flight of steps, showing conclusively, if proof were needed, that there were no wheeled vehicles to consider. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia
Now the King of Goa, as the governor was perfectly aware, had about as much use for a wheeled vehicle in his roadless dominions as a Bedouin of the Sahara has for a sailboat. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China
The little port was once much more inaccessible than it is now; passengers literally dropped into it by a path part of which was cut into steps; no wheeled vehicle could possibly get down. The Cornwall Coast
But they were built out at the back overhanging the river, and the roadway itself was not intended for carts or wheeled vehicles. The History of London
The first movements of the three wheeled vehicle made him shudder and utter equivalent interjections. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais
Such were the means of communication which for many generations served the purposes of the Foresters, who permitted no wheeled vehicles to enter their domain, and possessed few if any themselves. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account
It was, therefore, impossible for any wheeled vehicle to traverse it, so that we had to use in some cases kagos, in others riding-horses. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II
Foot passengers might be allowed to pass, but a wheeled vehicle would surely be stopped. Lady Bountiful
But to collect what might be given, without roads or even wheeled vehicles— No. It's impossible! The Pirates of Ersatz
Hour after hour went by, and on every level stretch of road the wheeled vehicles were driven at a moderate trot. Ahead of the Army
There was not another animal to be had in the town, horse or mule, that could be put to a wheeled vehicle—not one! Stradella
They have no waggons, nor other wheeled vehicles, to give them the semblance of emigrants; no baggage to embarrass them on their march. The Death Shot A Story Retold
After wheeled vehicles were used, these ferries were not large enough to carry them properly. Home Life in Colonial Days
There was a damp grayish substance underfoot which I recognized as snow; and in a hard-surfaced roadway there were a number of wheeled vehicles moving, which caused the liquefying snow to splash about me. The Day of the Boomer Dukes
There was no road in it, there was no wheeled vehicle in it, there was not a level yard in it. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts
It is not strange that we see no wheeled vehicles. The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth
Though again partially overgrown, it is sufficiently clear to permit the passage of wheeled vehicles, having been kept open by roving wild horses, with occasionally some that are tamed and ridden—by Indians on raid. The Death Shot A Story Retold
In consequence of the steepness and hardness of the roads, wheeled vehicles cannot be used, and a sort of sledge, a cart on runners, is employed instead. My First Voyage to Southern Seas
Towards the close of a bright summer day, several wheeled vehicles were progressing slowly along a broad but roughish road cut through the forest in the northern part of the peninsula of Upper Canada. The Log House by the Lake A Tale of Canada
In 1807 the first hotel—not counting a small and inconvenient village hostelry—was opened; and even at this date there were no wheeled vehicles in either village, ponies and donkeys carrying everything. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts
Its streets are so narrow that no wheeled vehicle can pass through them. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People
But Jonathan did not think it strange, since when he was young wheeled vehicles were not so common. Round About a Great Estate
In former days, when roads were bad, and wheeled vehicles almost unknown, an old laird was returning from a supper party, with his lady mounted behind him on horseback. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings
At the upper end of the square begins a broad, flashy-looking street, stretching away to the northward, crowded with pedestrians, street cars, and wheeled vehicles of all kinds.  Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City
The 5-feet-broad roadways of the town, neatly paved, are conclusive evidence of the infrequent use of wheeled vehicles. The Sea-Kings of Crete
You may cross Mexico from ocean to ocean in a carriage, but no wheeled vehicle ever crossed South America. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America
One of these villages, Coshleen, surely as wretched a place as any in the world, is unapproachable by a wheeled vehicle. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.
The wheeled vehicles being foreign, claim no description, though the quaintness of the public ones is great. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond
Each train was unloaded as it arrived and its contents thrown holus-bolus into one of the holds, except for the wheeled vehicles. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919
When I wanted to enlist in the aviation corps that woman, sir, forbid it; she said to me, 'Patrick McGillicuddy, I never did believe one word about your bein' afraid av horses in wheeled vehicles.' Betty at Fort Blizzard
How the cart kept itself together was a marvel to me, but it accommodated itself by a kind of snakelike movement, not characteristic of wheeled vehicles in general. Round About the Carpathians
Not till he was nine did the first wheeled vehicle make its appearance in the Pemigewasset valley. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2
Any wheeled vehicle in which we can ride to Beaucaire, and by means of which we can bring the women back? The Devil's Own A Romance of the Black Hawk War
This was rougher than the sledge, but endurable and certainly the most comfortable of all the wheeled vehicles in which I travelled. "Over There" with the Australians
No wheeled vehicles traverse that silent region which lies just over the fringe of the prairies and the great Canadian wheat belt. Burned Bridges
In that rugged country, where no wheeled vehicle could travel, bullocks were trained to carry produce to the bay, and to bring back stores imported from Sydney. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned
Of course this route was impracticable for any wheeled vehicle. Ishmael Or, In the Depths
The whole system of distribution has been revolutionized by the development of railways, metalled roads, wheeled vehicles, motors, telegraphs, and navigable canals. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official
In winter there was little difficulty for then snow made a highway, but the rest of the year no wheeled vehicle could go over it. The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825
The roads are not paved in any way, as there are neither horses nor wheeled vehicles here. A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State
It was late in the month of March, and nearly all the mountain roads were open for wheeled vehicles. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series
Requiring thus a special training, so to speak, as well as a nice equivalence in weight between passenger and driver difficult to always realize, its use is not likely to supersede that of wheeled vehicles. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees
Glimpses of foot-paths leading from one widely-separated dwelling to another might be here and there seen; but there were no roads, for no wheeled vehicle had yet invaded the sylvan solitude. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885
Next to this workroom was a shelter for the horse and cart, for Gauguin had the only wheeled vehicle in the Marquesas. White Shadows in the South Seas
That specie must come by wheeled vehicle all the way to Paris. The Mississippi Bubble
Travellers and merchandise went by land in wheeled vehicles or on beasts of burden, and by sea in boats propelled by sails or by oars; and news was conveyed as it always had been conveyed. African and European Addresses
On the road from Pekin the track is so wretched, and the carts so roughly made, that journeying with wheeled vehicles is next to an impossibility. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life
The Japanese roads are mainly about ten or twelve feet wide, giving ample room for two jinrikishas to pass, these being the only wheeled vehicles on the roads. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama
The Vitznauers were delighted, for they had no roads, and there was not a wheeled vehicle in the town, nor a highway by which it could be brought thither. Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
It grows in the deep ravines of our loftiest mountains, amongst huge stones; the finest plants are inaccessible to wheeled vehicles, and even on horseback it is difficult to reach them. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation
The carreta is the rudest specimen of the wheeled vehicle I have seen. What I Saw in California
Largo numbers of peasants, Bouriats, and prisoners have been employed there for several years, but the route was not open for wheeled vehicles at the time I crossed the lake. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life
This is perhaps not so much to be wondered at, when it is reflected that plenty of people hereabout have no conception whatever of a wheeled vehicle, never having seen a vehicle of any description. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama
But of course the wounded suffered greatly in such conveyances, and moreover, often we could not get a wheeled vehicle of any kind to transport even the most serious cases. The Rough Riders
In former days, when roads were bad and wheeled vehicles almost unknown, an old laird was returning from a supper party, with his lady mounted behind him on horseback. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character
One is struck with the comparative absence of wheeled vehicles in the streets of Rio. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1
From San Francisco to the mouth of the Amoor I did not see a wheeled vehicle, with the exception of a hand cart and a dog wagon. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life
Two of his wagons he presented to the Moquis, who were, of course, delighted with the acquisition, although they had no more use for wheeled vehicles than for gunboats. Overland
The utter lack of any ruts well proved that wheeled vehicles were here unknown. The Flying Legion
I have ridden in these affairs, I cannot say comfortably, over roads that would have been quite impossible for any other wheeled vehicle. Cuba, Old and New
Ten years ago there was not a wheeled vehicle in Morocco, now its thousands of miles of trail, and its hundreds of miles of firm French roads, are travelled by countless carts, omnibuses and motor-vehicles. In Morocco
This is one of the principal lines of road in Brazil; yet it was in so bad a state that no wheeled vehicle, excepting the clumsy bullock-wagon, could pass along. The Voyage of the Beagle
There was nothing mysterious or uncanny in the fact that a wheeled vehicle could be propelled on solid, substantial roads by means of engine power. Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship
Until the last few centuries, much of the world was probably what Morocco is to-day—a region without wheeled vehicles or even roads of any sort. The History of the Telephone
For him the only use to which a wheeled vehicle drawn by a horse should be put was to haul materials that could not be packed on a horse. The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama
In the smallest corral, between the stable and the shed, stood a buckboard and a heavy wagon, the only wheeled vehicles about the place. Arizona Nights
Carts drawn by dogs, laden donkeys, French limousines, victorias, wheelbarrows—every conceivable wheeled vehicle and beast of burden—were jammed in a seemingly inextricable tangle in the mad rush for safety. The Mad King
This was the only wheeled vehicle in the place for some years. The Bark Covered House
Along the roads you meet masses of passengers, people on foot, on mules and horses, on camels, in wheeled vehicles. The Book of Delight and Other Papers
The development of wheeled vehicles from the first inceptive idea of the wheel to the present appreciable methods of its use was comprehensively illustrated. By Water to the Columbian Exposition
These would not make smooth roads for wheeled vehicles; but here, as you will see, the carts are placed on long runners like those of sledges. By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War
This caravan arrived at Santa Fe safely, experiencing much less difficulty than they anticipated from a first attempt with wheeled vehicles. The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway
He ain't got anything but wheeled vehicles in the barn, and not one of 'em will be a mite of use till April. The Story of Sugar
The place did not know the meaning of the word hotel, there was neither restaurant, electric light, wheeled vehicles, nor any of the hundred and one things common to civilized towns of like size. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond
To what year can we fix the advent of wheeled vehicles? Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present
As a preliminary to it we visited in turn all the stables in Louvain where ordinarily horses and wheeled vehicles could be had for hire. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front
To the Chinese the "south-pointing needle" continued to be a mere plaything to be seen every day in the sedan chair of a mandarin, or in wheeled vehicles. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents
There was not one metalled roadway, and only comparatively light loads could be transported in wheeled vehicles. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine
The Engineer Department had reported that the road to the front was impassable for wheeled vehicles, and even the general had apparently thought that four mules per gun would be necessary. History of the Gatling Gun Detachment, Fifth Army Corps, at Santiago With a Few Unvarnished Truths Concerning that Expedition
I have made the best arrangements I could for getting out; but roads are not a strong point in this country, and we seldom trust ourselves in wheeled vehicles far out of the town. On the Pampas
The streets with hardly an exception are grass-grown, and though I walked about all day I failed to encounter a single wheeled vehicle. Italian Hours
No wheeled vehicle could have possibly attempted the trip without shaking to pieces, and it was only by dragging and lifting our Gatling guns by hand that we were able to bring them with us. Captain Macklin
And no wheeled vehicle could have followed by the track we took. The Eye of Zeitoon
These guns were the first wheeled vehicles that had ever disturbed the solitude of this portion of Cuba. History of the Gatling Gun Detachment, Fifth Army Corps, at Santiago With a Few Unvarnished Truths Concerning that Expedition
Crossing a bridge over the Morava River, into Tchupria, we are required not only to foot it across, but to pay a toll for the bicycles, like any other wheeled vehicle. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran
A wheeled vehicle in such a place is an event, and the forestiero's interrogative tread in the blank sonorous lanes has the privilege of bringing the inhabitants to their doorways. Italian Hours
The legend of Phaëton further indicates that man had tamed the horse and had invented wheeled vehicles. Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel
No wheeled vehicle that ever man made could have passed up this new track. The Eye of Zeitoon
No wheeled vehicle larger than a perambulator ever disturbs the quiet. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither
The next two hours find me engaged in the laborious task of climbing a mere bridle-path up the rugged mountain slope, along which no wheeled vehicle has certainly ever been before. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran
In colonial days, Englishman and Frenchman followed the footsteps of the Indian, and as settlement increased and trade developed, the forest path widened into the highway for wheeled vehicles. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway
Of one old Presbyterian Church it used to be said that no one had ever ridden to it in a wheeled vehicle. The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware
The cart was as yet the sole wheeled vehicle. Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings
I asked, for it seemed hardly possible to determine where a wheeled vehicle had stopped. The Sleuth of St. James's Square
Corps commanders and staff-officers will see that our movements are not encumbered by wheeled vehicles improperly loaded. Memoirs of Gen. William T. Sherman — Volume 1
But there were no wheeled vehicles nor draught animals. 1492
No wheeled vehicle can enter those corkscrew streets and we saw no animal of any kind save two cows that were being led to slaughter. New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening
There was no road in it, there was no wheeled vehicle in it, there was not a level yard in it.  A Message from the Sea
Salemina and I travelled many miles in railway trains, and many in various other sorts of wheeled vehicles, while the ideal ever beckoned us onward. Penelope's Experiences in Scotland
You will embark your command as soon as possible, little encumbered with wagons or wheeled vehicles, but well supplied with fuel, provisions, and ammunition. Memoirs of Gen. William T. Sherman — Volume 1
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