Image: Draisine or Laufmaschine, around 1820. Archetype of the Bicycle. Pic 01

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Description: Draisine, also called Laufmaschine ("running machine"), from around 1820. The Laufmaschine was invented by the German Baron Karl von Drais in Mannheim in 1817. Being the first means of transport to make use of the two-wheeler principle, the Laufmaschine is regarded as the archetype of the bicycle. The above Draisine was built with cherry tree wood and softwood. It is displayed at the Kurpfälzisches Museum in Heidelberg, Germany (Inv.-No. GH 98).
Title: Draisine or Laufmaschine, around 1820. Archetype of the Bicycle. Pic 01
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