Velocipedia: some ancestors of the bicycle
It was 1868, and the pages of the monthly publication The English Mechanic were about to be deluged with correspondence from inventors keen to create a perfect personal transport machine. The rise of the middle classes, the spread of technical education and the increase in literacy created a large pool of would-be inventors who shared … Continue reading Velocipedia: some ancestors of the bicycle
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