Bicyclette

Japanese: bicyclette
Bicyclette

… The first person to produce a safety-type bicycle with a rear-wheel chain drive and a low saddle position was Harry J. Lawson of England (1879). He named this safety-type bicycle "bicyclette" in French, and it came to be called bicycle in English as well. In 1885, J. Starley's nephew, JK Starley, produced a safety-type bicycle nicknamed the Rover. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "bicyclette" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 後輪チェーン駆動方式で,サドル位置の低いセーフティsafety型自転車を最初に製作したのはイギリスのローソンHarry J.Lawsonである(1879)。彼はこのセーフティ型にフランス語でbicycletteと命名し,以後英語でもbicycleと呼ばれるようになった。85年J.スターリーのおいであるJ.K.スターリーによって,ローバーRover(放浪者)という愛称をもったセーフティ型自転車が製作された。…

※「bicyclette」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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