Michaux, P.

Japanese: Michaux,P.(英語表記)MichauxP
Michaux, P.

…The first pedal-powered bicycle was invented in 1939 by Kirkpatrick Macmillan of Scotland, but it was rear-wheel driven by a rod and crank. Around 1961, Pierre Michaux of France and others invented a pedal-powered bicycle in which the crank was fixed directly to the front wheel. This Michaux type was the first mass-produced bicycle to be put to practical use, and in England it was called the bone shaker, and it spread all over the world and became popular. …

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Japanese:

…ペダル式の最初の自転車は,39年にスコットランドのマクミランKirkpatrick Macmillanによって発明されたが,これはロッドとクランクによる後輪駆動であった。61年ころフランスのミショーPierre Michauxらはペダル式でクランクが前輪に直接固定されている自転車を発明した。このミショー型は最初の量産自転車として実用に供され,イギリスではボーンシェーカーbone shaker(骨ゆすりの意)と呼ばれ,世界中に広がって人々に愛用された。…

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