print email comment close Roller Coasters: Inventing the Scream Machine URL: http://search.eb.com/coasters/ Description: A history of coasters, beginning with the "Russian Mountains" in the 1800s to the present. The histories are brief, with some excellent images. There are also related links to further sites. Find out about the physics involved in these inventions. From Encyclopedia Britannica. Publisher: Encyclopedia Britannica Library of Congress Subject Headings: Roller coasters LII Database Information: Record 18282 created by on 10/25/2002 Last modification on 10/28/2002 Published: 10/25/2002   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/18282