Thomas McCall
Thomas McCall (* 1834 in Penpont , Dumfries and Galloway , † 1904 in Kilmarnock ) was a Scottish wheelwright , who in 1860 rebuilt a pole bicycle made by Kirkpatrick Macmillan . The Stuttgart gymnastics teacher Johann Friedrich Trefz also developed a rear-wheel drive using rods in 1869.
literature
- Hans-Erhard Lessing : Around Michaux - myths and realities , Proc. Of the 2nd Int. Cyling-History Conference, St.Étienne 1991, pp.21-19
- Andrew Ritchie: King of the Road. Wildwood House, London 1975, ISBN 0-913668-42-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andrew Ritchie, p. 35
- ↑ http://www.retrobibliothek.de/retrobib/seite.html?id=136015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McCall, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Penpont |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1904 |
| Place of death | Kilmarnock |