A velocipede is similar to a bicycle in that it has two wheels. The pedals, however, are located on the front wheel, and ...
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This announcement, which ran in the Exeter News-Letter on Oct. 14, 1867, is one of the first times we find the velocipede, an early form of bicycle, mentioned in Exeter. A Dr. Warren, author of a ...
Here are a few methods of commuting that briefly existed, but which never really went anywhere... Thousands of Londoners ...
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Smith, of this city, who claims that the so-called French velocipede is an American invention, perfected in this city, and introduced into France by patent, and personally by himself. It appears ...
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A discussion has commenced in regard to the asserted gain in the application of power by the use of the velocipede. One party states there is a decided gain by its use. The negative argument may ...
But the development of the draisine into the velocipede, or hobby-horse, was short-lived as young bucks who could afford the expensive machines were wont to travel on sidewalks and run down ...
In late 19th century France, the bicycle, or velocipede as it was then called, came much in fashion, and dogs discovered that it was great sport chasing after peddlers and biting at their legs ...