By 1863, attaching cranks and pedals to the front wheel of the hobby horse had produced the velocipede, commonly known as the boneshaker. |
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Throughout his life he worked on mechanical and engineering problems, constructing a turnip-cutter and a velocipede, as well as devising methods of reclaiming bogs. |
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Lefèbvre took his velocipede with him when he immigrated to California in 1861, and it still exists there in the History San José museum. |
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The roots of the Zéfal Company go back to the end the 19th century and the birth of the velocipede. |
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This model of bicycle, with its two equal-sized wheels, was much safer to ride than a tippy velocipede. |
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They will also be able to test a replica of the velocipede, Niépce's means of transportation in the countryside. |
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To encourage interests and activities relating to all old human-powered vehicles of one or more wheels deriving from the velocipede tradition. |
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Right from the advent of sports at the end of the 19th century, journalists perceived the novelty and interest that these foreign games and some of their equipments like the velocipede aroused. |
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In 1869, a Frenchman by the name of André Guilmet had a velocipede built with pedals located in the current central position, that were linked to a chain transmitting motion to the back wheel. |
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Shortly after the introduction of the velocipede in the late 1860s, came the bicycle, which was easier to handle, faster, lighter and less expensive. |
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The velocipede race craze was brief, dying out after just two years. |
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Lallement took parts for an improved velocipede with him when he went to the United States in 1865, and he completed his new veloce in Ansonia, Connecticut. |
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