Bicycles

by Kristin Petrie

This book introduces the history of the invention of bicycles, including the early designs and questionable influence of Leonardo da Vinci and Comte M d de Sivrac, the c l rif re, Baron Karl de Drais's draisienne, Kirkpatrick Macmillan and Pierre and Ernest Michaux's pedal and crank improvements, the boneshaker, James Starley's Ariel, the penny-farthing, the ordinary, H.J. Lawson's chain-driven back wheel, John Kemp Starley's Rover Safety model,...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604530847
• ISBN13: 9781604530841
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Checkerboard Library
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6