The Velocipedist, Vol 1, No 1

Articles in this issue

• Editorial — Purpose of The Velocipedist

  The editors introduce the new paper, explaining that it will record everything of interest in the velocipede world, test and compare machines from rival manufacturers, report races, and track the velocipede's progress on the dramatic stage.

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• History of the Velocipede

  A detailed history tracing the velocipede's origins from Baron von Drais's Draisienne of the early nineteenth century, through French experiments in 1779 and later, to Pierre Lallement's key improvement of adding treadle cranks to the front wheel, which he patented and sold to Michaux and Co. of Paris before bringing the invention to the United States.

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