Vélocipèdraisiavaporianna

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Vélocipèdraisiavaporianna, 1818 (black and white copy)

With Vélocipèdraisiavaporianna , also called "steam-driven velocipede," a drawing by an unknown artist from Paris called from the year 1818th

In 1817 Karl von Drais presented his balance bike to the public. With this drawing utopia or caricature , a contemporary artist processed the development of the newly published "Drasine" with the already known steam engine. The original colored drawing shows a two-wheeled velocipede with a large boiler. Three stokers follow the driver to start the fire. This “fire fantasy” was 50 years ahead of technical reality; the first steam wheel was built in 1869. The drawing is now in the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Cyril Posthumus, Dave Richmond: Motorcycles yesterday and today. Munich 1978, ISBN 3-453-52080-7 , p. 4.
  2. ↑ Paul Simsa : The miracle on two wheels. In: A Century of Motorcycle Technology. VDI Verlag 1987, ISBN 3-18-400757-X , p. 10.
  3. ↑ a b L. JK Setright: The Guinness Book of Motorcycling. Facts and Feats. 1982, ISBN 0-85112-255-8 , p. 13.