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A pre -bicycle is made
Karl Drais von Sauerbronn invents the "Laufmaschine" or a "Running Machine" a type of pre-bicycle. -
A Rear-Dive Machine
Alexandre Lefebvre is congratulated with a rear-drive machine; he took it to America 20 yaers later (it still exists at the "History San Jose" museum.) -
A Four-Wheeled Contraption
Willard Sawyer exhibits his four-wheeled, crank-driven vihicle at the Great Exhibition -
The Penny Fathing
The Penny Farthing is invented. You may know tis bike; it's one of those bikes with a really huge wheel at the front And a super tiny wheel at the back. -
The "Bicyclette"
Henry J. Lawson patents rear wheel, chain-driven safety bicycle, the "Bicyclette".
