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mickthemuppe | 23:32 Tue 11th Oct 2005 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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what 10 letter french sounding name partly derived from that of a 18th-19th century german inventor who exhibited it for the first time in 1918 was applied to the first practical form of the bicycle
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Was it velocipede?
23:47 Tue 11th Oct 2005
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More likely to be Draisienne, see

http://inventors.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.science%2Dtech.nmstc.ca/english/collection/cycles.cfm

23:53 Tue 11th Oct 2005
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This says it was 1818.
23:54 Tue 11th Oct 2005
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1918 would be a typo... it is highly unlikely that a 18th-19th century German inventor would be able to exhibit his construction for the first time during the 20th century.
02:14 Wed 12th Oct 2005
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sorry that should be 1818
11:44 Wed 12th Oct 2005

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