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  2. Dandy horse - Wikipedia

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    Wooden dandy horse (around 1820), a patent-infringing copy of the first two-wheeler Original Laufmaschine of 1817 made to measure.. The dandy horse, an English nickname for what was first called a Laufmaschine ("running machine" in German), then a vélocipède or draisienne (in French and then English), and then a pedestrian curricle or hobby-horse, [1] or swiftwalker, [2] is a human-powered ...

  3. History of the bicycle - Wikipedia

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    Drais invented his Laufmaschine (German for "running machine") in 1817, that was called Draisine (English) or draisienne (French) by the press. Karl von Drais patented this design in 1818, which was the first commercially successful two-wheeled, steerable, human-propelled machine, commonly called a velocipede , and nicknamed hobby-horse or ...

  4. Karl Drais - Wikipedia

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    Displayed at the Kurpfälzisches Museum in Heidelberg, Germany. Karl Freiherr von Drais (full name: Karl Friedrich Christian Ludwig Freiherr Drais von Sauerbronn; 29 April 1785 – 10 December 1851) was a noble German forest official and significant inventor in the Biedermeier period. He was born and died in Karlsruhe.

  5. Balance bike - Wikipedia

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    A dandy horse (built c. 1820). Balance bikes descend from the earliest two-wheeled bicycle, a Laufmaschine or dandy horse, invented by Karl Drais in 1817. [4] These early balance bikes consisted of a simple wooden frame with two wheels and no pedals, and were designed for adult use.

  6. Bicycle - Wikipedia

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    Category. Renewable energy portal. v. t. e. Classic bell of a bicycle. A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A bicycle rider is called a cyclist, or bicyclist.

  7. 156 Popular Horse Names From Stately and Regal to Funny and ...

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    The best horse name for your female or male horse or pony is on this list of cute, classic, popular, funny, and rare name ideas, like Seabiscuit and Goldie. 156 Popular Horse Names From Stately ...

  8. Denis Johnson (inventor) - Wikipedia

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    Although Johnson referred to his machine as a ‘pedestrian curricle’, it was formally referred to as a ‘velocipede’, and popularly as a ‘Hobby-horse’, ‘Dandy-horse’, ‘Pedestrian's accelerator’, ‘Swift walker’ and by a variety of other names. Johnson made at least 320 velocipedes in the early part of 1819. He also opened ...

  9. This Kentucky Derby horse got his name from a president's ...

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    Sierra Leone was a trading post for Europe, so the name also is a nod to the nationalities of the horse's ownership group, which includes Irish, English, German and American individuals. Honor Marie