A velocipede (/vəˈlɒsəpiːd/) is a human-powered land vehicle with one or more wheels. The most common type of velocipede today is the bicycle. The term...
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A velocipede is a human-powered, wheeled land vehicle. The term may also refer to: Velocipede, original name of the Benz Velo, the first large-scale production...
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The Roper steam velocipede was a steam-powered velocipede built by inventor Sylvester H. Roper of Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States sometime...
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successful two-wheeled, steerable, human-propelled machine, commonly called a velocipede, and nicknamed hobby-horse or dandy horse. It was initially manufactured...
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The Svea Velocipede was an early bicycle type invented in the 19th century by the Swedish brothers Fredrik Ljungström and Birger Ljungström. The bicycle...
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Benz Velo (redirect from Benz Velocipede)
introduced by Karl Benz as the Velocipede, and became the world's first standardized serial production car. The Velocipede remained in production between...
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was first called a Laufmaschine ("running machine" in German), then a vélocipède or draisienne (in French and then English), and then a pedestrian curricle...
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trolley, pump car, rail push trolley, push-trolley, jigger, Kalamazoo, velocipede, or draisine) is a railroad car powered by its passengers, or by people...
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Le Vélocipède Illustré (Bicycle Illustrated) was a fortnightly (twice monthly) illustrated French newspaper which covered cycling, water sports, mechanical...
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The Michaux-Perreaux steam velocipede was a steam powered velocipede made in France some time from 1867 to 1871, when a small Louis-Guillaume Perreaux...
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Electric Velocipede was a small press speculative fiction fan magazine edited by John Klima. Published from 2001 to 2013, Electric Velocipede won the Hugo...
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Pedalo (redirect from Water velocipede)
A pedalo (British English), pedal boat (U.S. English), or paddle boat (U.S., Canadian, and Australian English) is a human-powered watercraft propelled...
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possibly a carriage. The design of the bicycle was an advance on the velocipede, although the words were used with some degree of overlap for a time....
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USS Velocipede (SP-1258) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919. Velocipede was built as a private motorboat of the same...
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accident in which an anonymous "gentleman from Dumfries-shire... bestride a velocipede... of ingenious design" knocked over a pedestrian in the Gorbals and was...
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Velocipede (1825–1850) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career which was restricted by injury he raced nine times in three years...
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Hemmings, Richard C., "Improvement in velocipede", published 1869-07-13 Goddard, J. T. (1869). The velocipede: its history, varieties, and practice....
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steam velocipede which patent application was filed in December 1868, constructed around the same time as the American Roper steam velocipede, built...
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and special walking areas reserved for them. In the West, bicycles or (velocipedes), efficient human-powered machines for short- and medium-distance travel...
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Nicéphore Niépce (section Vélocipède)
by Karl von Drais in 1817. He built himself a model and called it the vélocipède (fast foot) and caused quite a sensation on the local country roads. Niépce...
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Carlo Maserati Carlo Maserati on a velocipede. Born 1881 Voghera, Italy Died 1910 (aged 28–29) Occupation Engineer Relatives Maserati Brothers...
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Chatty Cathy, Barbie, and Larry the Lion. Ryan worked on the V-rroom! X-15 velocipede which was named after the North American X-15 rocket-powered aircraft...
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Feature: The World's First Production Car, The Benz Patent Motor Car Velocipede Of 1894". eMercedesBenz. Archived from the original on 24 March 2015....
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the bicycle when he added pedals to a draisine to form the Michaudine velocipede, the forerunner of the modern bicycle. However, historic sources reveal...
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McCall's first (top) and improved velocipede of 1869, later predated to 1839 and attributed to MacMillan Velocipede from 1880 1888 Geared Facile Bicycle...
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Swedish words motor and pedaler. The claimed derivation from the term motor-velocipede is incorrect. According to Douglas Harper, the Swedish terms originated...
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conspicuous consumption. The penny-farthing used a larger wheel than the velocipede, thus giving higher speeds on all but the steepest hills. In addition...
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(2016-01-07). "2004 Koenigsegg CCR". Supercars.net. "Benz Patent Motor Car Velocipede of 1894 – the world's first production car". Daimler. 2008-12-15. "Peugeot...
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it), giving women "a feeling of freedom and self-reliance". The Svea Velocipede with vertical pedal arrangement and locking hubs was introduced in 1892...
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Albert Pope was inspired by a British-made, high-wheeled bicycle (called a velocipede) that he saw at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, and he bought...
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