célérifère (English spelling) celelifere

Japanese: célérifère(英語表記)celerifere
célérifère (English spelling) celelifere


[Development History]
A stained glass window in a church in Stoke Poges near Buckingham, England, depicts a picture resembling a bicycle, and it is possible that the idea for the bicycle was first conceived in the mid-17th century. However, there is also a theory that this is not a bicycle, but a distance measuring wheel used to create maps at the time, so this is uncertain. Until now, it was believed that the first person to attempt the principle of a two-wheeled vehicle and actually ride one was C. de Sivrac of France (1790), and that the bicycle he made was called a célérifère. However, it has been discovered that Sivrac is a fictitious character, and that a célérifère was a large horse-drawn carriage at the time, and recently the theory that the German Karl von Drais (1785-1851) was the father of the bicycle has become more popular.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "célérifère" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[発達の歴史]
 イギリスのバッキンガム近郊のストークポージズにある教会のステンドグラスには自転車に似た絵が描かれており,17世紀中ごろに自転車の着想があったと考えられないこともないが,これは自転車ではなく,当時地図の作成に使用された測距車であるという説もあって定かではない。これまで,二輪車の原理に最初に挑戦し実際に走らせたのは,フランスのシブラックC.de Sivracであり(1790),その自転車はセレリフェールcélérifèreと呼ばれたと信じられてきた。しかし,シブラックは,架空の人物であり,セレリフェールとは,当時大型馬車のことであったことが判明し,最近は,ドイツのドライスKarl von Drais(1785‐1851)をもって自転車の始祖とする説が有力になってきた。…

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