Drais, K.von (English spelling)

Japanese: Drais,K.von(英語表記)DraisKvon
Drais, K.von (English spelling)

…Until now, it has been believed that the first person to attempt and actually ride a two-wheeled vehicle was the Frenchman C. de Sivrac (1790), whose bicycle 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. Recently, the theory that the German Karl von Drais (1785-1851) was the father of the bicycle has become more popular. Drais is said to have invented the two-wheeled vehicle in 1813, and in 1818 he obtained a patent in France, where it was called a draisienne. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Drais, K.von" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…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。ドライスが二輪車を発明したのは1813年といわれ,18年にフランスで特許を得,ドライジーネdraisienneの名で呼ばれた。…

※「Drais,K.von」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  draisienne

>>:  Dragos Voda (English spelling)

Recommend

Kanazawa Road

...To the east of Yoritomo's tomb is the anci...

Nizadai (English spelling) sawtail

This marine fish belongs to the order Perciformes...

Po‐u (English spelling)

1515‐65 A monk from the Yi Dynasty of Korea. His p...

Bonin Islands

...area: 106.1 km2. The three islands of Mukojima...

Chrodegang (English spelling)

715‐766 Bishop and saint in the Frankish period. A...

Maitri (English spelling)

...The heart of compassion and mercy preached in ...

Group instruction - Issei Shido

…In England, Andrew Bell (1753-1832) and Joseph L...

Olefins

[Synonyms] Alkene Source: Morikita Publishing &qu...

Impedance matching

In electric circuits, matching refers to maximizin...

panoramic camera

…Single-lens reflex cameras with the most common ...

Jurisdiction - Jurisdiction

…(3) Exclusive Jurisdiction and Voluntary Jurisdi...

Abraham Trembley

1710‐84 Swiss zoologist. He studied in Geneva and ...

Yorghan Tepe (English spelling)

…The site is located in northeastern Iraq, about ...

Belloc, (Joseph-Pierre) Hilaire

Born: July 27, 1870 in Saint-Clair [Died] July 16,...