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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 ...
It is the first reliable claim for a practically used precursor to the bicycle, basically the first commercially successful two-wheeled, steerable, human-propelled machine, nicknamed hobby-horse or dandy horse. [1] Drais's dandy horse, called Draisine in German, whose name was inherited by the rail vehicle. (Drawing published in 1817.)
A Bond Honoured: A Play (from Lope De Vega) reprinted in Lope de Vega: Plays Two ISBN 978-1840021806: Auto sacramental de la circuncisión y sangría de Cristo nuestro bien: For our sake: 1969 Barnes, R[ichard] G. In Three Spanish sacramental plays: For our sake OCLC 655189012: 1-act religious play Fuente Ovejuna: Fuente Ovejuna: 1969 Colford ...
Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech, [2] Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early 20th century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes.
Drais was a prolific inventor, who invented the Laufmaschine ("running machine"), [2] also later called the velocipede, draisine or draisienne , also nicknamed the hobby horse or dandy horse. This was his most popular and widely recognized invention.
The Don Quixote play resumes ("Man of La Mancha" – first reprise). Quixote and Sancho have left the inn and encounter a band of Gypsies ("Moorish Dance") who take advantage of Quixote's naiveté and steal everything they own, including Quixote's horse Rocinante and Sancho's donkey Dapple. [25] Quixote and Sancho are forced to return to the inn.
Dandy Horse Around 1840 a man called Kirkpatrick MacMilllan, a blacksmith, arrived in Glasgow from Dumfriesshire by his "bicycle", also known as the Dandy Horse. This was the first modern bike we know..with pedals, so he could ride without putting his feet on the ground : a perfect invention as a personal, clean, selfpropelled means of ...
prose; reprinted as Great Spanish Plays in English Translation (1991) ISBN 0-486-26898-5: La Vida es Sueño: Life is a Dream: 1963: Alpern, Hymen: Three Classic Spanish Plays: El gran teatro del mundo: The Great Stage of the World: 1964: Brandt, George W. The Great Stage of the World: An Allegorical Auto Sacramental in Three Acts/Gran teatro ...