Replica of the world's first bicycle
Around 1839 he fitted pedal operated cranks to the rear wheel of a hobby horse, so inventing the world's first bicycle. In ...
Hackaday8 年
Mechanical Horse-Bike
You had us at “unicycle, duct tape, styrofoam, and tie wraps”. But watching the horse-bike in action (video below) is just about enough for us to go out and make one ourselves. (For our child ...
BBC12 年
Replica of the world's first bicycle
Around 1839 he fitted pedal operated cranks to the rear wheel of a hobby horse, so inventing the world's first bicycle. In 1842, aged 29, Macmillan set out from Courthill Smithy on his bicycle to ...
Making History
BBC History Best of History websites The British Museum The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites Thursday, 9.00 - 9.45am, rpt 9.30pm Melvyn Bragg explores the history of ideas.