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It appears that the ancestor of all bicycles and velocipedes dates from the year 1818; an invention of a Frenchman, a certain Baron du Brais. The Baron's machine was a very simple contrivance, consisting of two wooden wheels, one behind the other, connected by a curved plank, on which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BICYCLING. | 2/23/1878 | See Source »

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