Karl Von Drais

Most people say Drais doesn't deserve the credit for inventing the bicycle, because his version had no pedals and was not close to what we have today as a bike.

Drais was an aristocrat who became a democrat and supported the failed revolution of 1848(Hoefer).

His reason for inventing the bicycle was all because he wanted to find a way to get around the royal garden faster(Woodforde).

Drais' big democratic idea behind the running machine was to find a muscle-powered replacement for the horse that would allow large numbers of people faster movement than walking or riding in a coach. Horses were expensive, needed a groom and consumed lots of food even when not in use( Hoefer).

Drais is the main reason that we have bicycles in our society today. He came up and introduced his invention to the world and it rapidly grew and changed since that day, and still is changing.

Karl Drais brought the world one of the greatest inventions of all time. His contributions are what brought the type of bicycle we have today. Thanks to Drais the bicycle has transformed cities, towns, and university campuses into bike friendly places and is still being massed produced today.

He figured out how to build, work, and use a great invention that would soon be more popular that anyone would of thought.

His invention allowed people to have a quick, easy, and cost free way of transportation, Along with being environmentally friendly

The Great

Bibliography

Books

• Dodge, Pryor, and David V. Herlihy. The Bicycle. Paris: Flammarion, 1996.

Journal Articles

• Smith, Robert A. 1972. A social history of the bicycle: its early life and times in America. New York: American Heritage Press.

• Woodforde, John. 1971. The story of the bicycle. New York: Universe Books

• Wicks, Frank. 2010. "Credit to the Bicycle." Mechanical Engineering 132, no. 7: 40-44. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed February 5, 2014).

Web Pages

• "Who Invented The Bike?." Who Invented It?. http://invention.yukozimo.com/who-invented-the-bike/ (accessed February 27, 2014).

• "Bicycle Buying Guide." National Geographic. http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/green-guide/buying-guides/bikes/environmental-impact/

• "History of the Bicycle." Pedaling History Bicycle Museum. http://www.pedalinghistory.com/PHhistory.html (accessed February 27, 2014).

• Hoefer, Cartsen. "History of the Bicycle." Crazyguyonabike. http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?page_id=40616 (accessed February 28, 2014).

http://www.bad-bad.de/gesch/drais.htm

Karl Von Drais

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Drais

The history of the bicycle begins with an unhappy man with a very long name: Karl Friedrich Christian Ludwig Freiherr Drais von Sauerbronn.

• Not only did Drais invent the bicycle, but he invented the earliest typewriter with a keyboard in 1821.

Karl Drais was born April 28th 1785 in Karlsruche, Germany.

• From 1803 to 1805 Drais studied architecture, agriculture,and physics at the University of Heidelberg.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlsruhe

http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/presse/unispiegel/us05_04/kath.html

• Drais was one of the best inventors of the 19th century.

Without Karl Drais the invention of the bicycle may have never been possible, because his idea lead to the modern and environmentally friendly bicycles we have today.

1) a. Woodforde, John. 1971. The story of the bicycle. New York: Universe Books

b. "History of the Bicycle." Pedaling History Bicycle Museum. http://www.pedalinghistory.com/PHhistory.html (accessed February 27, 2014).

c. Hoefer, Cartsen. "History of the Bicycle." Crazyguyonabike. http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?page_id=40616 (accessed February 28, 2014).

2) a. Woodforde, John. 1971. The story of the bicycle. New York: Universe Books

b.Hoefer, Cartsen. "History of the Bicycle." Crazyguyonabike. http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?page_id=40616 (accessed February 28, 2014).

c. Hoefer, Cartsen. "History of the Bicycle." Crazyguyonabike. http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?page_id=40616 (accessed February 28, 2014).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Drais

• His father was the chief judge of Baden, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig von Drais.

Although Von Drais was granted patents, copies were soon being produced in other countries, including Great Britain, Austria, Italy, and the United States( Woodforde).

3) a. Woodforde, John. 1971. The story of the bicycle. New York: Universe Books

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Friedrich_(Baden)

Karl Von Drais was on the greatest inventor of the 19th century, and created one the greatest inventions of all time and deserves to be remembered for that.

• His mother was Margarete Ernestine von Kaltenthal.

http://www.thebicyclestory.com/category/my-first-bike-2/

http://www.pedalinghistory.com/PHhistory.html

Thanks to Drais who died in 1851, the bicycle has transformed cities, towns, and university campuses into bike friendly places and is still being massed produced today.

http://newsdesk.umd.edu/uniini/release.cfm?ArticleID=2380

https://www.iusb.edu/csfuture/bicycle.php

http://dateline.ucdavis.edu/dl_detail.php?id=14454

http://www.pedalinghistory.com/PHhistory.html