St Nicholas [serial] . Draiswith. HOBBY HORSE OF 1818, ONCE OWNED BV THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. (By courtesy of the Stanley Club, England.) But by this time the principle of bal-ancing the wheel was understood, andthe task of developing the crude vehicleof M. de Sivrac was begun. It was notlong, however, before this machine wasreplaced by another, or was, perhaps,only renamed. During the FrenchRevolution a new form was introducedunder the name of Velocifere ; and itsriders became known as Velocipedes. Inthe year 1808 one of these vehicles,shown at the Luxembourg Gardens inParis, was much used. E
St Nicholas [serial] . Draiswith. HOBBY HORSE OF 1818, ONCE OWNED BV THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. (By courtesy of the Stanley Club, England.) But by this time the principle of bal-ancing the wheel was understood, andthe task of developing the crude vehicleof M. de Sivrac was begun. It was notlong, however, before this machine wasreplaced by another, or was, perhaps,only renamed. During the FrenchRevolution a new form was introducedunder the name of Velocifere ; and itsriders became known as Velocipedes. Inthe year 1808 one of these vehicles,shown at the Luxembourg Gardens inParis, was much used. Eight yearslater another wheel of similar formcame into France and gained popular DALZELLs MACHINE. (SEE PAGE 448.) von Sauerbron, we owe this first bicyclea steering-wheel. It was built at Mann-heim. The Draisine was propelled likethe Velocifere and Celerifere; but thefront wheel turned on a pivot and mightbe moved by a handle-bar, so this ve-hicle could be easily guided in anydirection — a great improvement. In the year 1805 a
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