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Dandy horse
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The dandy horse, an English nickname for what was first called a Laufmaschine, then a vélocipède or draisienne, and then a pedestrian curricle or hobby-horse, or swiftwalker, is a human-powered vehicl
Wooden dandy horse (around 1820), a patent-infringing copy of the first two-wheeler
Wooden dandy horse (around 1820), a patent-infringing copy of the first two-wheeler
Original Laufmaschine' of 1817 made to measure.
Original Laufmaschine' of 1817 made to measure.
Johnson’s Ladies’ Walking Machine, sold in London 1818–1819
Johnson’s Ladies’ Walking Machine, sold in London 1818–1819
The remaining extant Johnson’s Ladies’ Walking Machine, in the Science Museum, London
The remaining extant Johnson’s Ladies’ Walking Machine, in the Science Museum, London
Draisine
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A draisine is a light auxiliary rail vehicle, driven by service personnel, equipped to transport crew and material necessary for the maintenance of railway infrastructure.
Dandy horse
…1817, and patented by him in France in February 1818 as a vélocipède. It is also known as a Draisine (German: in German, a term used in English only for light auxiliary railcars regardless of their form of propulsion), and as a draisienne (French: in French and English. In English, it is also sometimes still known as a velocipede…
Two-person rail-cycle draisine with four wheels, for leisure
Two-person rail-cycle draisine with four wheels, for leisure
Basic railbike-draisine
Basic railbike-draisine
World record holding rail human powered vehicle (HPV) at Laupen 2001
World record holding rail human powered vehicle (HPV) at Laupen 2001