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Show Many Had Idea of Velocipede. The eloclie(le was thu rather tf tho bicycle. The list of tlioso who claimed to havo mndo the Invention would fill u column, and n pago wwilj hardly accommodate nil those who devised de-vised tho Improvements which mado tho velocipede a really useful means ; locomotion. Hlanchnrd, the neronnut, who do-scribed do-scribed tho Innovation In detail in 1770, Is believed entitled to tlrst lion, ors. The Frenchman. Nleephoro NIc tee, appears as a good second n it,;S. Harm, von Drills. H German, takes third money with his "dandy horse" or "ilrnlsena," which he patented la the same year. |