The Incredible Scream Machine: A History of the Roller CoasterPopular Press, 1987 - 252 Seiten In 1984 America celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the first successful roller coaster device: La Marcus A. Thompson’s switchback railway, erected at Coney Island. Robert Cartmell examines every phase of roller coaster history, from the use of the roller coaster by Albert Einstein to demonstrate his theory of physics, to John Allen’s use of psychology in designing one. |
Inhalt
Preface and Acknowledgements | 1 |
Chapter I | 19 |
Chapter II | 34 |
Chapter IV | 55 |
Chapter V | 72 |
Chapter VII | 93 |
Chapter VIII | 117 |
Chapter X | 138 |
Chapter XI | 167 |
Chapter XIII | 182 |
Appendix I | 198 |
Appendix II | 217 |
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