An old engraving of a man riding a ‘water velocipede’, a pedalo-type bicycle/boat, in the 1800s. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. The man sits astride a casing containing a paddle wheel he drives via the foot pedals. The steering is controlled by the handle bar operating the rudder by ropes and pulleys. He has two well-dressed female passengers onboard. Many types of bicycle were invented during the Victorian era – varying in design from the really useful to the fanciful and amusing.
An old engraving of a man riding a ‘water velocipede’, a pedalo-type bicycle/boat, in the 1800s. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. The man sits astride a casing containing a paddle wheel he drives via the foot pedals. The steering is controlled by the handle bar operating the rudder by ropes and pulleys. He has two well-dressed female passengers onboard. Many types of bicycle were invented during the Victorian era – varying in design from the really useful to the fanciful and amusing.
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