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  2. Tricycle - Wikipedia

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    Invented: 1655 or 1680 ... The first front steering tricycle was manufactured in 1881 by The Leicester Safety Tricycle Company of Leicester, England, which was ...

  3. Kirkpatrick Macmillan - Wikipedia

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    Some historians who have studied the invention of the pedal-driven bicycle, including David V. Herlihy, state that Macmillan was not the first inventor.Herlihy states there is no contemporary documentary evidence that a pedal-crank design was applied to a 2-wheeled vehicle and that letters from customers in Scotland to the Michaux company in 1868 state that all of the human-powered vehicles ...

  4. History of the bicycle - Wikipedia

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    The original pedal-bicycle, with the serpentine frame, from Pierre Lallement's US Patent No. 59,915 drawing, 1866 New York company Pickering and Davis invented this pedal-bicycle for ladies in 1869. [27] [28] Bicycle historian David V. Herlihy documents that Lallement claimed to have created the pedal bicycle in Paris in 1863.

  5. James Starley - Wikipedia

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    James Starley (21 April 1830 – 17 June 1881) [1] was an English inventor and father of the bicycle industry. He was one of the most innovative and successful builders of bicycles and tricycles. His inventions include the differential gear, the perfection of the bicycle chain drive, and the penny-farthing.

  6. Three-wheeler - Wikipedia

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    The world's first full-size self-propelled land vehicle was a three-wheeler. French Army Captain Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot's 1770 fardier à vapeur (steam dray), a steam tricycle with a top speed of around 3 km/h (2 mph), was intended for hauling artillery. [13]

  7. Who Actually Invented the Bicycle? It’s Been Debated for ...

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    We dig into to the interesting history of the invention of the bicycle. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...

  8. Timeline of motorized bicycle history - Wikipedia

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    1896 – Roy C. Marks of San Francisco produces the first motorcycle made in the USA. It becomes the California Motorcycle. [6] 1897 – Most likely the first electric bicycle was built in 1897 by Hosea W. Libbey. [7] 1897 – The Werner Brothers of France developed a motorized bicycle with a De Dion-Bouton engine mounted above the front wheel. [8]

  9. John Boyd Dunlop - Wikipedia

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    John Boyd Dunlop (5 February 1840 – 23 October 1921) was a Scottish inventor and veterinary surgeon who spent most of his career in Ireland. Familiar with making rubber devices, he invented the first practical pneumatic tyres for his child's tricycle and developed them for use in cycle racing.