How To Use Velocipede In A Sentence
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Napoleon II was "emperor" of France for only two weeks after his fathers 100 day restoration, and that as we all know was in the summer of 1815, three years before the first draisine or velocipede, which I am fairly certain were never used for any sort of organized racing events.
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He takes us from the French pushbike of 1816 through boneshakers and penny-farthings to the English velocipedes and the Humbers of the 1880s.
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'For,' said he, 'I'm not what you would call a practised hand wi' a velocipede, and my feet are dinnled wi 'standin' in the snaw. '
Mr. Standfast
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He takes us from the French pushbike or draisine of 1816 through boneshakers and penny-farthings to the English velocipedes and the Humbers of the 1880s.
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He takes us from the French pushbike or draisine of 1816 through boneshakers and penny-farthings to the English velocipedes of the 1880s.
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Throughout his life he worked on mechanical and engineering problems, constructing a turnip-cutter and a velocipede, as well as devising methods of reclaiming bogs.
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At the end of the journey, I feel as if I've reached a sort of Velocipede's nirvana.
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Irishman, trundling "that divil of a whirligig," as he disrespectfully called the idolized velocipede; then the wounded hero, supported by the helpful Polly; and Maud brought up the rear in tears, bearing Tom's cap.
An Old-Fashioned Girl
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Fitzpatrick refers to reports of early ‘velocipedes’ being used for this purpose in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, when the bicycle industry was barely out of its infancy.
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Wooden hobbyhorses evolved into velocipedes; velocipedes evolved into safety bicycles; safety bicycles evolved into automobiles.
19th century cyclists paved the way for modern motorists' roads | Carlton Reid
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Ciclo, above, a modern update to the velocipede-style bicycle that used a hubless "epicycloid" transmission system.
Core77
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By 1863, attaching cranks and pedals to the front wheel of the hobby horse had produced the velocipede, commonly known as the boneshaker.
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The new route across Ryelands Park was unveiled as local dignitaries pedalled a selection of ageing velocipedes’ down it in memory of Lord Ashton's era.
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By 1863, attaching cranks and pedals to the front wheel of the hobby horse had produced the velocipede, commonly known as the boneshaker.
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that divil of a whirligig," as he disrespectfully called the idolized velocipede; then the wounded hero, supported by the helpful Polly; and Maud brought up the rear in tears, bearing Tom's cap.
An Old-Fashioned Girl